divide
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A mountain range, for example, might divide a population and prevent individuals on opposite sides from mating.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
Samuel says for parents struggling to understand therapy speak, "listening is your biggest tool to bridge the divide".
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The laundering highlights a divide in the crypto industry over who bears responsibility when criminals use its technology, especially when it comes to decentralized services whose creators say aren’t controlled by any one person.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
Driving that divide since 2022 was a gap in stock ownership, in particular.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026
And when you divide with it, all hell breaks loose.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The popular reality show format sees divides form and tensions build as housemates try to avoid being eliminated in weekly votes.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Volvo Cars, a Swedish carmaker owned by a Chinese company that has a factory and material sales in the U.S., is no stranger to straddling geopolitical divides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
A patio divides the two halves, providing access to the outdoors and opportunities to bring more light into both wings of the house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
In recent days, Russia has attacked several bridges across the Dnipro river that divides the city, causing traffic gridlock and transport disruption.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
The white curtain that divides my bed from the next patient’s whips back, and Johanna Mason stares down at me.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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Riner said in his announcement on Monday he feared France could soon become deeply divided.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
The researchers then divided the participants into four groups based on their protein consumption.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
There are no sure things with any of these races, but the divided vote certainly didn’t help.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
Everyone is divided on how to fix it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
“I knew that after all the protests,” he later wrote, “American public opinion would be seriously divided by any military escalation of the war.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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At the centre of the tension are two powerful powerful institutions: the military, where Gen Kainerugaba wields considerable influence, and the NRM, where questions about his political ambitions appear to be dividing senior figures.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Researchers are particularly interested in tissues with rapidly dividing cells, including bone marrow, which can also suffer treatment-related damage.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
This perfect storm is driving about 180 people to leave the country every day – a record-breaking exodus that is dividing families, shrinking communities and draining talent pools.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
CVS Health will split into two publicly traded companies, dividing its retail pharmacies from its insurance and pharmacy-benefit operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
He also wrote a book about the Hindu numeral system, which allowed the new style of numbers to spread quickly through the Arab world—along with algorithms, the tricks for multiplying and dividing Hindu numerals quickly.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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