Example Sentences

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The Beatles covered Berry on their second and fourth albums and came back to him at the end of the 1960s, as they were fracturing: “Get Back” is Chuck through and through.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2017

Families were fracturing, divorce was reaching its peak, and children, left to their own devices, were becoming “latchkey kids.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2017