splintering

And perhaps that splintering is why Osama bin Laden's fantasy of a restored caliphate — an undivided Muslim empire, organic and hierarchic and centralized — now exerts its appeal (as did the Nasserite and later the Baath Party dream of a single Arab nation in which the old borders would be subsumed by one glorious whole).

The Perils of Partition 2003

And perhaps that splintering is why Osama bin Laden's fantasy of a restored caliphate — an undivided Muslim empire, organic and hierarchic and centralized — now exerts its appeal (as did the Nasserite and later the Baath Party dream of a single Arab nation in which the old borders would be subsumed by one glorious whole).

The Perils of Partition 2003

Now, some dyed-in-the-wool Republicans might blanch at the idea of splintering the national party.

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You see the left wing kind of splintering in different groups.

Book Your Trip: Nancy Pearl Picks Tales For Travel 2010

First, they are "splintering" their traditional supply chains into smaller, nimbler ones better prepared to manage higher levels of complexity.

Building The Supply Chain Of The Future Yogesh Malik 2011

What Susan said above about the definition "splintering" makes sense to me.

Burlesque Without Striptease Burlesque Daily 2008

This mythical "splintering" will happen because apostates always gain notice.

THE NEWS BLOG 2005

The right is going through the same kind of splintering and factionalism that Dems went through for a long time.

courierpress.com Stories 2010

The right is going through the same kind of splintering and factionalism that Dems went through for a long time.

courierpress.com Stories 2010

So why all the bickering about these black guys "splintering" the movement?

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