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Recent Examples of cleave
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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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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“Cleave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleave. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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