Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rifting
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The bullet fragmented, fracturing Howard’s nose and striking his eye, lip, tooth and arm, according to the civil lawsuit.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026 -
That baseline is now fracturing.—
Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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Testing the technology The new development builds on a 2023 study that used weak chemical bonds called mechanophores to prevent polymers from slowly tearing.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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What is a better visual metaphor for being a woman in America than the sight of Patricia (Kate O’Flynn) tearing through the streets of Widow’s Bay, shrieking for help and finding none, while an out-of-shape freak stalks her and somehow manages to catch up to her?—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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An 18-year-old man who crashed into a Northglenn home last week, rupturing a gas line and killing his passenger, has been charged with vehicular homicide, prosecutors announced Thursday.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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Canada midfielder Marcelo Flores is out of the World Cup after rupturing an ACL in the Concacaf Champions Cup final.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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If the plant was root bound in its pot, consider pulling it out of the ground, loosening up the roots so water can penetrate, and replanting it.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 June 2026
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The mother of a security guard killed while working at a Deep Ellum nightclub last month has filed a lawsuit against the club and the man accused of pulling the trigger.—
Erin Jones,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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By that point however, Reeves says Smith’s vice had become truly life-rending.—
Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
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More notable still, perhaps, is the fact that calling for the release of the Epstein files has seemed to cut across the myriad divisions rending the Democratic Party.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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An arrest warrant said Moore assaulted Hyder by grabbing and ripping his uniform.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
1 June 2026
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His big ugly bill is ripping health care away from rural communities and taking food off the table of Americans.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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There is also more cutting required of bloomed flowers to initiate another flush, and more cleaning up and cutting secondary branches in spring.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
6 June 2026
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Barr rightly notes that current capital standards were already near the low end of what academic research identifies as optimal; cutting further tips the balance toward fragility, not strength.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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“Rifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rifting. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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