as in slivers
a small flat piece separated from a whole
she got a splinter from the unfinished wall
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shards
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Her lyrics are shards of imagery; non-narrative; fragments of self- reflection.—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025 -
Expand All Large shards of fiberglass debris litter the bay bottom just outside channel Marker 15 along Cutter Bank at the southern edge of Biscayne Bay — another possible indicator of the moments leading up to a fatal Labor Day weekend boat crash.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Splinters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splinters. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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