fracture
noun
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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And audiences had been fracturing away from big media organizations, he said, with some embracing solo newsletter writers or podcasters like Joe Rogan.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2022