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Recent Examples of splinteringAnd privately, the family was splintering.—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025 Kerkering fired a sinker that ran in on Pages’ hands, splintering his bat.—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 On the other hand, an otherwise strong voting bloc can be marginalized by splintering its voters among several districts, thereby diluting its impact.—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025 Video footage shared online shows the window with a large crack right in the middle, splintering off to the sides, as someone placed tape over the glass.—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025 Tamsin points with her chin at a splintering sign planted in the sand.—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 Advertisement But even such splintering policies impact all of us.—Stacey Abrams, Time, 28 Aug. 2025 What about this table in our house, propped up by magazines, splintering and covered with wood stains?—Hua Xi, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025 But the bark from coffee trees is denser and highly resistant to splintering, Will said.—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 8 Jan. 2025
The move comes as Puma evolves its organizational set-up by splitting its DTC business into two dedicated global retail and global e-commerce focus areas.
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Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
The Cougars cushion was short-lived however because Levi Johnson scored for the Eagles (15-3-2) less than three minutes later by splitting a couple defenders at the top of the box, poking the ball past the goalie before pushing the ball across the line.
Hold Cutting Boards In Place Some cutting boards are quite slick on top of counters, which is both unsafe and inconvenient when chopping food.
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Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
Kelly, a former NASA astronaut who flew on Discovery twice, and Warner also released a video on social media contrasting chopping vegetables to chopping up the space shuttle.
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