quartered

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Following World War I, fantastic “art” was largely identified with Surrealism, while popular fantasy was mostly quartered within the new mass-market ghettos of pulps, comics, film marketing and paperback books.

From The Wall Street Journal

The mayor of the occupied city of Melitopol said several explosions shook the city Monday, damaging a building where Russian security forces have been quartered.

From Seattle Times

“Her concluding trick, when a card jumps from a handkerchief to a quartered orange, was the hit of the show.”

From Washington Post

“Many probably made bricks, but we just don't know. They belonged to Daniel French and were surely quartered there to work on the new church.”

From Washington Post

Digikala, one of Iran’s largest e-commerce companies, saw its traffic quartered since the start of the protests; the government’s own estimates put losses to small and medium businesses at more than $1 billion.

From Los Angeles Times