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Ethiopia expelled 10 Eritrean diplomats and shut its embassy in Asmara on Thursday, while Eritrea responded that it would "sever all diplomatic ties".

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Later this month, LinkedIn is rolling out a feature that lets verified employers sever users’ affiliations with their companies instantly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The U.S. border with Mexico represents a political borderline but it cannot sever many decades of complicated history and culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

And as landslides sever access roads and supplies dwindle in several parts of the island, there are growing concerns about how much longer survivors can hold out.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

He wished to sever all his roots into positions of privilege; and he never wanted to be intimately involved with another person again.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Adoption should be pursued as a last resort, the government and adoption organisations have told us, because, while it offers stability, it also severs the legal relationship between the child and its birth family forever.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

For LGBTQ+ Christians, it can be a spiritual one, a forced concealment that severs them from authentic relationships with communities they love and were raised in, and with God.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

“It severs key lines of communication and coordination between vulnerable unaccompanied children and the institutions in place to ensure their protection,” she said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2025

It follows workers at a megacorporation who submit to a procedure that severs their work memories from their personal ones, and it gets wildly weird.

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025

In the Greek myth of Prometheus the gift of fire forever severs humankind from the natural world—the burning torch is the icon of the constructed and artificial.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

KAMPALA, Uganda—Ethiopia severed diplomatic relations with Eritrea on Thursday, hours after drones attacked targets in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The metal poles were severed, leaving the distinctive black oval cameras and accompanying solar panels lying on the ground.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

“They severed ties with us. We completely understand that position and this is a situation no one wants to be in,” Kendrick said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

But then in 2024, The Daily Wire announced it had severed ties with Owens.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

The bar connecting the desk and the seat had been partially severed at one end, so my weight broke it the rest of the way.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

In response, Eritrea announced late on Thursday that it was severing diplomatic ties with Ethiopia, describing Addis Ababa's decision as "astounding".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

A shipping disaster in 2021 shows how blocking the strait — and thus severing a link to the Mediterranean Sea — could harm global commerce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

She also knows that under the terms of the merger the cost of severing Wiatt would be $20 million, plus an additional $4 million if it happens before a certain date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

“If you say that, you risk severing your relationship with your parent.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

I flinched, severing my connection with the Story Box.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia