Splitting
Both words in one sentence
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The problem: they were splitting up when they got said powers and have a lot of trouble cooperating.
Source: Wonder Twin Powers - Apparently the trope is based on the practice of splitting up powerful artifacts into component parts, since that much power in one place is a huge trouble magnet.
Source: Sealed Evil in a Six Pack -
Every attempt to sow marital discord failed miserably, but the Harts decided to pretend they were splitting up to figure out who was going to all this trouble.
Source: Series / Hart to Hart
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Trouble and Splitting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/splitting/trouble
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