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The most controversial of Shanghai's practices had been separating coronavirus-positive children from their parents, though authorities have since made some concessions.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2022

He had been separating, unconsciously, ecclesiasticism from Christianity.

From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)

With a deftness I have never seen equaled, she had been separating joints and carving great slices of the rich dark meat, sending savory odors steaming up into my nostrils.

From The Rose of Old St. Louis by Dillon, Mary