- present participle of splinter.
splintering
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Maksić said putting students on the ballot risked pitting them against one another and splintering a movement built without leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
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
Dramatic video footage from Long Beach shows massive waves slamming into the shoreline and splintering the wood on the boardwalk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Vannacci, a former paratrooper, launched FN earlier this year after splintering from Matteo Salvini's League party.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
A second later she heard a crash and the sound of splintering wood.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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