splits

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noun

(functioning as singular) (in gymnastics, etc) the act of sinking to the floor to achieve a sitting position in which both legs are straight, pointing in opposite directions, and at right angles to the body

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How to use splits in a sentence

Some of them would open up deep splits in core Democratic constituencies.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One of the more interesting splits in the book is the difference between your time at Manchester United versus at Everton.
Tim Howard’s Wall of Intensity|William O’Connor|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His target splits with a satisfying rumble, and then the fragments detonate as he strafes them with more bullets.
‘Asteroids’ & The Dawn of the Gamer Age|David Owen|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But on the French left — riven by ideological splits from competing centuries — that job is akin to herding cats.
This Scary-Smart New Minister of Economy Might Just Turn France Around|Tracy McNicoll|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

They can exacerbate splits within a ruling leadership, foment popular unrest, or expedite a dwindling current account.
Why Aren’t Sanctions Stopping Putin?|Meghan L. O’Sullivan|May 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We trace the ravine of Sidi-Touati, which breaks the town in half as it splits its way into the sea.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873|Various
I made some fiddles out of that peculiar Australian wood which splits into thin strips.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont|Louis de Rougemont
Let's get away from this before it splits or explodes again!
Left on Labrador|Charles Asbury Stephens
Splits and rents broke into the margin, and from each streamed the evanescent, azure vapour.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Again and again its skin splits, and a rather different zoea appears.
On the Seashore|R. Cadwallader Smith

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