great divide

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Recent Examples of great divide The election of Donald Trump highlights a great divide in the energy paths chosen by the U.S., China, and the EU, the three great powers that together account for over half the world’s GDP. Scott W. Tinker, National Review, 25 Feb. 2025 Recalling these moments reminds us to ask the questions that can help bridge rather than avoid the great divides of our time. Pia Lauritzen, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024 As the August Bank Holiday weekend approached the U.K. industry was abuzz with rumors that stadium dates had been booked and that the great divide between Noel and Liam Gallagher had been bridged. Thomas Smith, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2024 Read more Dental access is an American 'crisis' There’s a great divide among American dental care, with some people forced to live with pain and shame while others flash five-figure veneers. Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for great divide
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Noun
  • The province logged its first death June 5 in a baby who got congenital measles but also had other preexisting conditions.
    DEVI SHASTRI, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • This was one of the theories about Wilkins’s death.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • And the company’s legal battle with Albertsons over the demise of the merger deal is ongoing.
    Melissa Repko, CNBC, 20 June 2025
  • The visual of Ship 36 going up in flames harkens back to those previous explosions, along with the fiery demise of a Falcon 9 rocket on its launch pad in 2016 under circumstances similar to Wednesday night's incident.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Vegas went 50-22 last season, but ultimately had the same fate as Toronto, losing in the second round.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
  • The brutalist federal buildings that have blighted Washington, D.C., for decades deserve the same fate as Carthage after the Third Punic War, and the nation’s capital is finally beginning to move on from these concrete monstrosities.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Penda also led the team in steals (1.3) and blocks (0.9), and showed playmaking ability with his nifty passing.
    Aaron Beard, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
  • Since his passing, Elijah Craig’s legacy has expanded far beyond the small scope of his original operation.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • As a result of Blazer’s investigation and the subsequent guilty pleas and trials, which lead to yet another college sports scandal broadcast live on ESPN, the doom of the NCAA appeared even more certain and imminent.
    Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
  • Not just through guilt or doom, but by showing that climate action is the story of our time.
    Solitaire Townsend, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025

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