That dispute threatened to split the northern and southern parts of the country.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

Nurses often have to split their time at different schools.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

The proposal to split them was called the Kansas-Nebraska bill.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

That crisis threatened to split the nation in two.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

But I told her not to split hairs.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

Some reports said the dispute had caused al-Shabab to split into two factions.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

It's all we have to go on,at the moment." Sri Lanka's military says it is on the verge of totally defeating the LTTE, which has waged a violent campaign for decades to split the island and create an independent Tamil homeland in the north.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

Then some members of the group split apart, because of a new message Smith claimed to have received from God.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

But the country has been split in half since a failed overthrow in two thousand two led to armed conflict.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

Senator Davis said the North was responsible for the growing split, because the North was trying to get complete control of the South.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

He wanted to create a split between Douglas and his supporters in the South.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

The split led to violence and public opposition to the Mormons.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

We ain't got to pay no rent. We can just work it together, split everything rightdown the middle.

VOA: standard.other

"Gives a rebel yell and hoot when he does manage to stand up for a split second,drops in on people, collides with people."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04