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Recent Examples of flindersAfter all, the normal patterns of life were blown to flinders.—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 9 Feb. 2022
Viktoriia Markova, whose home in Chernihiv was smashed to smithereens by an artillery shell, was recently given a small shelter in her backyard for her, her husband and teenage son.
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Jeffrey Gettleman,
New York Times,
19 Sep. 2022
Harry retasked the fighter to target a nearby barn instead, pretending to blow it to smithereens.
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