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The tentative pact would halve U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum and lower the duty on Canadian automobiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The government said it was "taking bold and decisive action to halve violence against women and girls", with changes being introduced from September to help teachers challenge misogyny.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The world’s second-largest automaker plans to halve its lineup of cars as part of its second major overhaul in two years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Exercise capacity declines by about 1% annually after the late 20s, but regular workouts can halve this age-related reduction.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

“Second, the idea of helping you halve your sentence and getting you back out and at large on the street two years earlier? Not terribly appealing.”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

A few minutes after liftoff, its two halves will separate and fall away, allowing Roman to continue its journey into space.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

"You don't really have too many halves of a cricket ball, so it would be something that we never forget."

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The chart above shows that, much of the time, the two halves of this hedge tend to rise and fall together.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Guy and Bruno constitute the two halves of a single personality, the yin and the yang, the superego and the id.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Beyond the first one another set of flukes rose, waved, then crashed down and was followed immediately by two more whales that raised their front halves out of the water and fell over.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

He said deliveries of crucial Patriot interceptors had halved since 2023.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Ella Miller and Alex Kovach bought a home in one such area, East Baltimore’s Johnston Square, where nonprofit developer ReBUILD Metro has halved the number of vacant homes in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Analytics FC found Premier League 2 produced more British transfers to EU clubs than any other English division before Brexit, but those moves had halved by 2021-22.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The stock’s surge marks a turnaround in investor sentiment, as shares of Super Micro have nearly halved since their early June peak.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Boyle found that if the pressure was doubled, the volume of trapped air was halved; if the pressure was tripled the volume was reduced to a third; and so on.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Because Jamaica ran sizable primary fiscal surpluses for more than a decade, halving its government debt-to-GDP ratio from 140% in 2012 to 62% in 2024.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Now she has been banished along with fruit and vegetable sellers to a vacant lot with lower foot traffic, her turnover roughly halving as a result.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

In all Rahm has played 17 matches, winning nine, losing five and halving three.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

Overall, the LEI fell by 1% over the six months between September 2025 and March 2026, more than halving the rate of decline of its 2.1% contraction over the previous six-month period, the survey said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

And it is also at this point that he would have made an unfortunate discovery: looking at his image in a mirror will have had the effect of halving its height.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton