splintered
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With Australia prop Angus Bell yellow-carded for a hip-drop tackle on Feyi-Waboso, Joe Heyes splintered off the side of a driven maul to put England 19-3 clear after little more than half an hour.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Its unfurling will reveal an image of the cosmos overlain with blooming flowers and splintered prisms emanating rainbows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 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
Orator William M. Evarts declared: “I tell you that when the statue of Washington sustains in its firm hand the splintered flag-staff of Fort Sumter, it means something.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
There were two windows—a large one at the front and a smaller one at the back in the only bedroom—both covered by plastic sheets held in place with tape, the wood casings warped and splintered.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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