piece by piece
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Researchers described the star as being "torn up" as the immense gravity of the black hole pulled it apart and consumed its material piece by piece.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Let’s go through your friend’s estate piece by piece: her $20,000 credit-card debt, her life insurance, her Medicaid benefits and her home.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Justice Elena Kagan’s majority opinion on Monday dismantles that theory piece by piece.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
In a matter of minutes it dug away what it had taken humans hours to remove, piece by piece.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Slowly, carefully, quietly, Scoob removes G’ma’s most treasured relics piece by piece and lays them out on his bunk.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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