cleaved

variants or clove or clave
past tense of cleave
as in adhered
to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report

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Recent Examples of cleaved The job cuts have been anticipated for weeks, particularly because NBC News Group, an umbrella division that encompassed both the aforementioned cable networks as well as businesses associated with NBC News, is being cleaved in two, and revenue from cable will now go to feed operations at Versant. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025 The Israeli military has now begun its retreat out of Gaza City, and vacated the Netzarim Corridor, which had cleaved Gaza in two, between north and south. Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025 The first thing visitors approaching Quincy, Washington see is dry rolling hills, cleaved by the Columbia River. Monica Nickelsburg, NPR, 17 Aug. 2025 The mudslide cleaved through Dharali village, burying some houses. Reuters, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • Participants adhered well, spending 73 percent of the study in ketosis.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • Get live security wait times, so you’re not stuck in a five‑hour shuffle line that’s already happening.
    The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Sheridan figured out how to format her book, made a cover for it and stuck it on Amazon.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
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  • The 85-year-old Pelosi clung to her job in the House well past her time.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Maduro has ruled Venezuela with an iron fist since 2013 and has clung to power despite an apparently decisive loss in the 2024 presidential election.
    Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Cleaved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaved. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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