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• That could cause the aircraft to come apart in the air, or crash.
  — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 8 Dec. 2020
• The concept is that the ring can come apart to make two rings.
  — ELLE, 21 Aug. 2022
• And then the colt seemed to come apart, crumpling to the ground and tossing Gaffalione.
  — Joe Drape, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
• The enamel walls come apart to form wrist cuffs and the roof lifts off to become a bowl.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2021
• For the Rangers, though, better a game come apart than Gray’s, um, anatomy.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
• For the Rangers, though, better a game come apart than Gray’s, um, anatomy.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
• But the more Mottley delayed, the more the pieces threatened to come apart.
  — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 27 July 2022
• The pieces come apart without tools, lay flat, and can easily slide in the back of a car or truck.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2020
• In the months before the law took effect, Eric Schirmer’s life had come apart.
  — Daniel Gilbert, oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2021
• And then, just like Lily, the novel itself begins to come apart.
  — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• The battered bus had lost its windshield and appeared to have come apart at some of its seams.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2021
• The defense had come apart at the seams, losing its way over the final weeks of last season.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
• Grass, on the other hand, is more likely to come apart under high loads of stress.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2023
• At high enough levels, this reaction would cause the sheet to come apart.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2022
• The red/transparent cube in the set can come apart or detach during use.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 2 Nov. 2022
• River Hill led most of the game, but things began to come apart just after halftime.
  — Mike Frainie, baltimoresun.com, 5 Mar. 2022
• The braided ropes come apart at the seams as the strands of gluten stretch and tear, and the steam still inside the bread rises above the table like an offering.
  — Benjamin, Longreads, 20 May 2022
• Even the lion and elephant come apart and fit together.
  — Lindsey Hunter Lopez, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2020
• Counter-rotating the wafers causes the creme to shear and flow before fracturing, as the two wafers come apart.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2022
• The waxy shell should come apart in large chunks, peeling away in tectonic plates to reveal the feather-free goose skin.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 23 Dec. 2020
• Plus, components of the machine come apart for easy cleaning.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2022
• The coaster pieces come apart easily for storage, which is very handy.
  — Lindsey Hunter Lopez, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2020
• My only complaint is that the stain tool doesn’t come apart, so getting to all the nooks and crannies can be difficult.
  — Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
• Gena Rowlands owns the screen as a woman whose average domestic life starts to come apart at the seams.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2021
• Things come apart, but don’t entirely lose their shape, in the paintings of Antonia Ramis Miguel.
  — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2020
• Turns out, catkins eventually come apart, releasing fruits and scales to the wind.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
• The tumbler, retainer ring, and bristles come apart and are dishwasher safe, which makes the gadget easy to clean, too.
  — Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2022
• Don't allow the light strands to cross sections or the points of assembly—sections will no longer come apart easily.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2022
• Don't allow the light strands to cross sections or the points of assembly—sections will no longer come apart easily.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2023
• Free Solo subject Alex Honnold when the rope supporting him began to come apart against a rock.
  — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 22 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024