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The loss of New York and advance of British troops from Canada threatened to bisect the colonies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

The lions — living in the only range to bisect a major metropolitan area — could land on the state’s endangered species list, along with several other cut-off clans in the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024

When these acoels reproduce asexually, they first bisect themselves.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024

"For your safety, take this next opportunity to move south beyond Wadi Gaza," the military announced, referring to the wetlands that bisect the narrow, coastal territory.

From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2023

According to the map this canal should bisect the Wellteco Canal, which will turn south and flow all the way to the ocean.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

The glow of her computer occasionally caught her sharp cheekbones and bounced off her chin, highlighting the thin tattooed line that bisects it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Mr. Robb’s excellent maps expose their geological foundation: the limestone belt that bisects England from the upper right to the lower left.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

H. dorsalis hails from the mountains of Northern Borneo and features a conspicuous dark stripe that begins atop its head and bisects its back before fading around mid-body.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023

He admitted it was a "very lucky" finish to his round after his drive bounced out of the creek that bisects the 18th fairway.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2023

A bright blue cloth is crumpled on the floor, and a length of string bisects the room.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Shafter is the only city that would be bisected by the proposed route without getting a station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

“It’s right here,” glaciologist Alison Criscitiello says, pointing to a nearly invisible gray smudge behind the glass, on a 5-foot-long, 1,550-year-old bisected cylinder of ice.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

An Instagram account with millions of views shows a woman in swimsuits and gymwear whose body is bisected by vitiligo so she is exactly half white and half brown.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

It’s bisected by La Cienega Boulevard, a thoroughfare that carries six lanes of high-speed traffic through the gritty landscape of the oil field, which feels like a relic of old L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

We bisected the locker room, each to a side, and went at it.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

Humanitarian workers have to carry out special co-ordination to cross the Israeli military zone bisecting the territory.

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2025

The border wall begins at the Pacific Ocean, bisecting the half-acre Friendship Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

Close inspection also shows a faint horizontal line bisecting each Milky Way star, which is caused by light bending around a support strut of the telescope’s secondary mirror.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2023

People cheered the trucks full of soldiers speeding through the road bisecting the town, as women and children sat under tents eating bread, cheese and vegetable stew.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2023

It was a Benz, an unusual car in this neighborhood, blue with a thick white stripe bisecting the hood, the roof, and the trunk.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini