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Recent Examples of cleavedThe 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
Nurseries and a golf course clung to other parts of the city.
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Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
In 10 other cases, according to the review, people resisted arrest, some fleeing on foot, while in one instance, an agent briefly clung to the side of a moving car.
More than 1 million federal student loan borrowers are stuck in a backlog to enroll in repayment plans, according to court records from mid-September.
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Annie Nova,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
Hunt, stuck in traffic four yards shy of the goal line when Mahomes took off, slipped through the line and rolled along with his quarterback and found an opening.
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Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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