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That people will splinter into hostile groups when common sense would lead them to unite is what fuels “The Last of Us,” as a game and a series, and lifts it into classical epic territory.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2025

It will determine whether a fragile unity can be maintained, or if it will splinter or shatter.

From BBC Oct. 31, 2023

They found that under current protection schemes, marine heat waves expected over the next 50 years will splinter the suitable habitat for these larvae.

From Science Daily Oct. 26, 2023

Rock and ice debris will splinter off the famous Halley’s Comet and burn up in Earth’s atmosphere, with the brightest and most intense hours of the light show occurring just before dawn on Saturday.

From Slate Oct. 20, 2017

This second characteristic is a tough hardness, not a brittle hardness, like that of glass or flint, which will splinter violently at a blow in the most unexpected directions; but a Their second characteristic.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John