Example Sentences

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No tranching, no distribution chain, no severing of accountability from outcome.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

"Yet ongoing clashes are driving mass displacement, pushing exposed contacts into overcrowded camps and severing critical containment corridors," he added.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Last year, a Rwanda-backed rebel group, M23, seized control of major eastern cities, including Goma, in North Kivu Province, and Bukavu, in South Kivu Province, severing a vast amount of territory from government reach.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Uthmeier’s theory would render this presumption unconstitutional, because it allows a non-biological father to assert parentage while severing the biological father’s claim to the child.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

“So you nearly succeeded in severing the child from her dæmon?” said Father MacPhail.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman