Sentence examples for efforts to split from inspiring English sources

I doubled down on my efforts to split up my sons.

Resentment toward the rest of California has a long history here — there have been numerous efforts to split the state since its founding in 1850.

"This bill eliminates loopholes, ensures work requirements, and puts us on a fiscally responsible path," said Representative Marlin Stutzman, Republican of Indiana, who led efforts to split the food stamps program from the overall farm bill.

"I think that any efforts to split the labor movement, whether it's Democrats or Republicans, are unwelcome and not helpful to long-run stability in the state," said Michael Podhorzer, the political director for the A.F.L.-C.I.O.

The efforts to split off Hollywood and the Valley are strongly opposed by Mayor James K. Hahn and other city officials who contend that a splintered community would cost Los Angeles prestige and political influence and further Balkanize Southern California.

After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in December 1941 and the fall of Manila to them (January 2 , 1942, the defending U.S. and Filipino troops withdrew to Bataan, defeating Japanese efforts to split the forces of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur.

In the 1990s, he claimed, American special services financed and supported Chechen terrorists in an effort to split Russia.

But this amendment goes too far in what looks like an effort to split the reform coalition.

But Michael J. Alvino, president of the drivers union, denounced the plan as an effort "to split and divide" the union.

The judge offered a blistering critique of those who organized Gardendale's effort to split from the county system.

They recruited Ms. Cortes in what was an effort to split the anti-Pearce vote, particularly among Latinos, a judge later found.