split up

Example Sentences

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Manilow grew up poor in Brooklyn, the only son of a Jewish mother and an Irish father who split up right after he was born.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

My acute distress flared up after my wife and I split up and I moved out of our farmhouse in upstate New York to a sparsely furnished apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Other families split up by deportations to Somalia were also fearful of going on the record - often too traumatised.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

After O’Neill’s departure, Nike split up her role into three separate positions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

They split up when I was a baby, so I had no memories, just some old photos.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez