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The wheat harvest on Charles Day's family farm in Gloucestershire was cut in half.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

This number was cut in half in 2023, after Lula returned to office pledging to curb Amazon destruction, and has continued to decrease.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

The first amendment, proposed by Kelly Gonez, and approved unanimously, put back in $50 million — reducing next year’s cut in half, to $50 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

As of June 4, the project site will be cut in half from 40,000 acres to 20,000 and the actual center itself likely taking up about 10,000 acres.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

Cyprus was being cut in half like Berlin, like Korea, like all the other places in the world that were no longer one thing or the other.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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