split up
Example Sentences
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Her parents split up shortly after she was born.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026
Other families split up by deportations to Somalia were also fearful of going on the record - often too traumatised.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
The Western Ghats were formed when Gondwana - a supercontinent that combined present-day South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica - split up during the Jurassic Period.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Other questions: What happens if you split up?
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Courtney’s parents split up when she was four years old, and her father moved with his mother to a town two hours away, in the Pocono Mountains.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
