split
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Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix, stars of “Vanderpump Rules” who were a couple for nine years, split after it came to light that Sandoval had an affair with their co-star Raquel Leviss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The device allowed the researchers to split the quantum wave associated with an atom into two separate paths.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
The town may, for example, require a larger minimum lot size than you would have after such a split.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
An event that once felt like it had split time into a permanent before and after is fading into history itself.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the split second after it happened, I cursed myself for believing even for one moment that I was really allowed to be happy.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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She says clients use prenups to clarify if they had the pet before marriage, whose pet it is, and what the expectations are if the couple splits or someone dies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
If an edge case splits people roughly down the middle, it effectively stops mattering, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In a sport notorious for fractured relationships and bitter splits, Taylor's core team has remained the same from day one with Peters, Hearn and trainer Ross Enamait.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
“The fact is, the splits are stark home-road,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
When a uranium nucleus splits, its loose neutrons may never hit another uranium 235 nucleus.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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It had also argued that splitting up the service would be technically unfeasible.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Based on the first 153,197 votes counted of the 270,000 voters eligible, 50.1% rejected the government's proposal, while 49.9% said yes, public broadcaster RUV said, with just 435 votes splitting them.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
"And if we fold the map up in a different way, we can compare how different groups of animals took different paths from each other after splitting onto different evolutionary paths."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Students “already use PayPal and Venmo for rent, for splitting a bill and for paying friends and family back,” said Frank Keller, president of Checkout Solutions and PayPal.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
We’re all sitting in his uncle’s living room, splitting his Levain cookie; I give him my piece, even though I’m hungry.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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