great divide

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Recent Examples of great divide Now, the conversation around golf’s great divide has flared up again. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025 Society has been rocked in the past seven days by comedy and politics, by debates about authoritarianism and free speech, and by a reckoning about the great divide across the United States. Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025 And that isn’t even close to the scariest part when considering what might resume being a great divide between the Padres and Dodgers the rest of the regular season (and possibly in the postseason). Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025 The league title might already be in the bag for one of them, or even a dark horse that doesn’t come from either side of Spanish football’s great divide. Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for great divide
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Noun
  • In a statement Wednesday evening, DeKalb CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson called the death a tragedy and said the county remains committed to transparency and integrity.
    Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
  • Her parents, Mariano and Beatriz, confirmed the heartbreaking news to TMZ and shared a poignant tribute on Instagram, describing her death as a total shock and unexpected.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • Windows Central, however, notes that the demise of the Surface Go is not related to the RAM crunch.
    Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • But the spirit in which the challenge was launched was admirable and rooted in the fierce competitiveness that both made the SWC fun and perpetuated its demise.
    Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • In stoppage time, Romelu Lukaku tacked on the final goal to seal the Americans’ fate.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 7 July 2026
  • France and Russia were now allies, and Prussia was largely left to its fate.
    Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, some extra passing clouds allow heat to build up in the San Joaquin Valley during the overnight hours.
    Sean Macaday July 6, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
  • Alan Greenspan’s passing is useful not as the subject of my column, but as a marker of an era when many professionals believed large institutions could absorb volatility on their behalf.
    Henrik Totterman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • Rivian built a lifestyle brand around a tech-forward product and, of course, Tesla gave us the chrome dumpster of doom.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 July 2026
  • On Tuesday, a Paris appeals court cleared a path for the 57-year-old Le Pen to run by shortening a ban on seeking public office that had spelled possible doom for her ambitions.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

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“Great divide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20divide. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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