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“Only last month U.S. authorities said that it was illegal for countries to charge tolls on international waterways, so this threat may disintegrate when it hits reality,” said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

They disintegrate, scattering their molecules to the stratospheric winds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Language is malleable, but it has to retain some meaning, or the boundaries of our society will disintegrate more than they already have.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

Before it began to disintegrate, K1 was likely slightly larger than a typical comet, measuring about 5 miles across.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026

Rolls of paper that disintegrate as they sink.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

But if data disintegrates, he said, he would vote in favor of a cut.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

In humans, the dental lamina disintegrates after we grow our adult teeth, but many vertebrates retain the ability to replace their teeth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025

He adds that if we sacrifice that commitment for A.I., “you’d get to a point pretty fast where it just disintegrates and becomes the ugliest definition of the word product.”

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2024

Lukas’ portrayal deepens as the marriage between Nick and Fanny disintegrates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

Inside, it disintegrates and gives rise to a wormlike creature, which then develops into the new Phoenix, ready for the next five hundred years.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

It was a piece of old Nashville that’s slowly disintegrated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

That was before the alliance disintegrated, the two erstwhile allies turned on each other and the jihadists drove the Tuareg separatists out.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

Then in a matter of weeks in 2011, Sokol’s prospects disintegrated after a controversy related to his personal stock trades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

Research commissioned by the government found that some non-plastic wipes failed tests on how fast they disintegrated, meaning they could still block sewers.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

Patent-leather shoes with buckles, a cheaper version of which we got only at Easter and which had disintegrated by the end of May.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

The former, which Miller once considered calling “The Inside of His Head,” is fluidly constructed, playing fast and loose with time as it tracks the disintegrating mental life of down-and-out salesman Willy Loman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

"You know your health is disintegrating in front of you and there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it, apart from being told to just take the contraceptive pill so you don't have periods."

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

It is on its fourth cheese supplier, and still is trying to figure out how to keep the cheese from disintegrating while the shell waits for fillings like ground beef and yet-more cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

What you want is a cookie that will absorb without disintegrating — a texture that yields but doesn’t vanish.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025

He walked up his steps, sat on his disintegrating stoop, and bowed his head as if in prayer.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner