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Tony Wilmott, a senior archaeologist for Historic England, said Sycamore Gap got its name in the 1980s from the tree in the cleft of the wall.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2025
She’s desperate to find a refuge for herself, “a cleft in the rock of the world” that she could hide in, as she tells him after her secrets have been exposed.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025
He had the darkest eyelashes I’ve ever seen, short and tidy fingernails, and a cleft chin that could fit a Canadian loonie.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024
Take lamotrigine, for instance: In the early 2000s, animal trials indicated that it could increase conditions like cleft palate, but later studies found no such link, reassuring clinicians.
From Salon • Sep. 10, 2024
Artemis changed her into a spring of water, and cleft the earth so that a tunnel was made under the sea from Greece to Sicily.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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