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When she returned to the changing room at Warwick, another man riding in the same race jumped over a partition to sexually assault her.

From BBC

A glass partition was installed to separate kitchen staff from customers.

In later life he expressed misgivings about his role in the crisis, concluding that he had been manipulated into a compromise he never wanted: the eventual partition of Ireland and the creation of the Protestant-ruled mini-province of Northern Ireland, whose status has remained unsettled ever since.

From Salon

When bloody Hindu-Muslim riots gripped Calcutta during partition in 1947, tram workers patrolled the city in empty trams to help restore normalcy.

From BBC

Even though Abrams performed the song behind a semi-transparent partition, her stage presence was palpable as her silhouette swayed with the rhythm.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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