Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rifted
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Celtics backup center Nikola Vucevic fractured his right ring finger Friday night and is expected to miss at least the next three weeks.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
8 Mar. 2026 -
Kurdish opposition parties both in Iran and across the region are fractured, with differing ideologies and competing agendas.—
John Calabrese,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2026
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Decades after the highway first tore through our borough, children here still battle the worst asthma rates nationwide.—
Gustavo Rivera,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Several of the Grand Canyon’s most popular trails remain closed after devastating wildfires tore through the park.—
Outside,
Outside,
10 Mar. 2026
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Officials have finished cleanup and containment efforts at Englebright Lake following a 14-foot-diameter pipeline ruptured at the New Colgate Powerhouse, the Yuba Water Agency announced on Friday.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Call it a well-ahead-of-schedule return for Tatum, the perennial All-Star who ruptured his Achilles in Game 4 of the Boston Celtics’ second-round playoff series against the Knicks last season.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Brent crude, which at one point neared $120 a barrel, pulled back significantly to around $90.—
Alaa Shahine Salha,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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As a result, insurers, oil companies and cargo firms have pulled back from operating in the area or transiting the critical waterway.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
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The canines ripped through tough hides, devouring high-fat tissue and leaving carcasses with soft meat on the bone—a perfect meal for ravens who seemed to follow the kill.—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2026
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Strong tornadoes and large hail ripped through Illinois and Indiana Tuesday night, leveling homes in their wake and killing two people in northwest Indiana.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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Little climbed into a trench and bent over a vertical stone that was incised with a web of typically Orcadian geometric patterns.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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The singer was reportedly home at the time and no injuries were reported in the incident in which one round penetrated a wall of the mansion, leaving bullet holes in the gate of the home and in an RV parked in the driveway.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2026
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One of the bullets penetrated the walls of Rihanna’s house.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Rifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rifted. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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