splinter

The ESL was a splinter league formed by 12 of Europe's biggest clubs, including six from the Premier League.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The bloc of governors would have to splinter before a majority of Fed voters in favor of a hike could carry the day.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

President Bola Tinubu said the attackers were militants from Ansaru, a Boko Haram splinter group known to operate in central Nigeria, extending into the southwest.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

To understand this historic shift, The Wall Street Journal spoke to heads of government, their ministers and top aides to reconstruct the closed-door meetings where the alliance began to splinter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

As I followed the Grand Basin along, something snagged at the back of my mind like a splinter.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

It might be best not to think about splinters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

I also wanted to understand if my treatment, which forced me to excavate painful childhood memories lodged beneath the surface, like splinters the skin had long healed over, could help others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Speak the speech, I pray you, but not in such a way that splinters the overall story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

But she plays the more shadowed of the siblings without any of the flat spikes and splinters of pure evil that inform most of the hostile beings in this universe.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2024

The young nurse returned with a dustpan and brush and began to sweep up the glittery splinters.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

And in recent years, cartels have increasingly splintered as leaders have been arrested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Immediately noticeable were the sagging eaves, the multitude of leaks from the roof, the dried out, splintered mahogany and the battered exterior woodwork, which had suffered seven decades of winds from the Sound.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Other chapters, written in splintered, sharply poeticized fragments, assume Gelsomina’s point of view.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Its army eventually withdrew and the Islamist militants left behind splintered and turned against each other.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

His magnifying-glass had splintered into many pieces and he had leapt up shrieking, "My father is going to get you for this!"

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl

These surge for tens of kilometers, splintering trees, igniting forests and burying the remnants beneath hot ash and pumice.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Instead, the middle class is splintering along generational lines.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

Individual investors kicked off 2026 by taking a page from the playbook of global central banks and stockpiling gold as a hedge against a splintering world order.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

“Or you get chaos and splintering and regionalization,” Ratney said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

Jason took a last look at the splintering ship.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan