Example Sentences

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She suggests Hawaiʻi's location in the center of the Pacific Ocean, tropical climate, and lack of recycling centers can exacerbate how these plastics are disintegrating or breaking down.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2023

The sea is taking its toll on the wreck, microbes are eating away at it and parts are disintegrating.

From BBC • May 17, 2023

Today, the haunting remains are under a different kind of attack: Due to climate change and heavy rainfall, the mud ruins are disintegrating.

From Fox News • Jan. 21, 2020

U.S. shores are disintegrating as higher seas, stronger storms and runaway development trigger an epidemic of erosion and flood damage.

From Scientific American • Apr. 2, 2019

At the bottom may be seen solid rock; just above are disintegrating rock fragments, and at the top, the soil.

From A Living from the Land by Duryee, William B.