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halve

[hav, hahv] / hæv, hɑv /


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The World Health Organization has set an ambitious target to halve snakebite mortality and disability by 2030.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

On Friday, the European Union and China reached a deal that the bloc said could halve its imports of Chinese hybrid vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The government is also planning to "almost halve" its social security deficit in 2027, bringing it down to 12 to 13 billion euros, Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Labour promised in its 2024 manifesto to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Just when I think I’m getting the hang of something, Asher will halve the time required of us to do certain missions or perform certain moves.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

In the two games since, Carrick's team have been excellent across two halves.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The exhibition, which opened Sunday in East Hollywood, aims to unify both halves of his work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Using that structural information, the chemists were able to make the connection between the molecule's two halves more rigid.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“You could have folded a picture of them, and the two halves would’ve matched,” Herzog writes.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

She gets up and sweeps the broken halves of the pencil off the table, into her left palm.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

SK Hynix’s share price has more than halved from its peak in June amid a global selloff in chip stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

In the occupied West Bank, the WFP is continuing to give assistance to some 200,000 Palestinians, having halved the number of recipients in September.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

A farmer says hosting 4G masts on his land has become a "nightmare" after the rent he receives was halved, and it costs him £5,000 in fees.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Assignments today come with more requirements and her hourly earnings have halved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

A quick glance below revealed that the Griever had already halved the distance between them, and it was moving faster yet, no more pauses or stops.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

UPS launched a “pretty big transformation of our company” that involved halving Amazon’s volume, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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

Brazilian exports to the US fell off a cliff, more than halving last summer.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

In the last cycle Micron stock peaked at the start of 2022, with the forward P/E at just nine times, ahead of a halving in the shares that year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 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


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