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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

Some critics of Evans have worried that a crowded primary field will splinter votes and hand Evans a victory, prompting conversations about whether the challengers should unite around the strongest contender.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2019

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