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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 measure, which could take effect in early December, aims to halve China’s hybrid market share in the bloc over the next four years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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

"That's why we are tripling investment over the next five years to halve spills from storm overflows and upgrade the capacity of 1,700 wastewater treatment works," a spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

“I. Don’t. Know. Like 1 told Barrone. I wish I knew. She offered to get the DA to halve my sentence if I could ID the contract issuer. Why are you winking at me?”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

It will be a weekend of two halves weather-wise for most people with many seeing a cool start on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

How did you reconcile the rock star and new dad halves of your life?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 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

And he brought out the tightly folded sheet of India paper just as the two halves of the acorn fell apart in her hands, showing it to be empty.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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

The Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank says that, had Burnham's tweak been in place since 2011, it would have more than halved the annual £16bn cost of the triple lock, a £9bn saving every year.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

CE estimates China’s export volumes of solar panels, EVs and lithium-ion batteries, where EU counts as a key consumer, have tripled—while prices have roughly halved since 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

A report by the Deutsche Bank Research Institute published in July found that the yen’s purchasing power had halved since 2012, making Japan an outlier in terms of the cheapness of its currency.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Horton halved that number and estimated the dead at 100,000.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

These include a £10bn anti-missile defence system, 50,000 new prison places and halving the rate of employer national insurance on earnings for people aged between 21 to 24.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

A fresh deal with unions agreed earlier this month will see a further 50,000 jobs go, on top of a halving of its model lineup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

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