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The former, which Miller once considered calling “The Inside of His Head,” is fluidly constructed, playing fast and loose with time as it tracks the disintegrating mental life of down-and-out salesman Willy Loman.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"You know your health is disintegrating in front of you and there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it, apart from being told to just take the contraceptive pill so you don't have periods."

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

It is on its fourth cheese supplier, and still is trying to figure out how to keep the cheese from disintegrating while the shell waits for fillings like ground beef and yet-more cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

What you want is a cookie that will absorb without disintegrating — a texture that yields but doesn’t vanish.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2025

“The new one is on Mission. That old building, it’s disintegrating; it’s a ruin. Nobody’s used that for years. Has it been that long since you last got booked?”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick