carve up

Example Sentences

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And London’s allegiances are carved up at least half a dozen ways all over the Underground map.

From The Wall Street Journal

This research, published in the European Journal of Ageing, looked at 55 cases involving heirs, donors and professionals, attempting to understand people’s motivations and mistakes when carving up their estate among their heirs.

From MarketWatch

As development elsewhere carves up habitat, Fales said, the public and private lands his cattle graze are increasingly shared by elk, bears, mountain lions and other species.

From Salon

There are also criticisms of the potential carving up of ecologically or culturally significant locations abroad to feed European industries.

From BBC

They took giant pools of home loans and carved up the payments made by homeowners into pieces, called tranches.

From Literature