partitioned

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The fall of El-Fasher gave paramilitaries control over all five state capitals in Darfur, raising fears that Sudan would effectively be partitioned along an east-west axis.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

“Sudan is now de facto partitioned into two competing halves,” said Alan Boswell, a Sudan analyst with the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

But migration is not uncommon, especially among members of families who ended up on different sides of the border when India was partitioned and Pakistan was created in 1947.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

It was partitioned by a huge black grand piano on which was mounted a large, silver-framed autographed picture of Walt Disney himself.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

Bill and Woody contributed a blanket each and partitioned off the first room: one side for Bill and Tomi, one side for Woody and Chizu and their baby girl.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston