Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rifting
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One flight attendant was lifted to the celling and then thrown to the floor, fracturing her spine.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Saxon had abused the woman for years, fracturing her hip and nose and causing internal bleeding, a judge found in a ruling ordering him detained pending trial.—
Ryan J. Foley,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Three weeks after tearing her ACL, Italian downhiller Sofia Goggia won a World Cup race in 2022.—
Outside,
Outside,
4 Feb. 2026
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What if the Celtics won a ring without Jayson Tatum, who could still come back this season after tearing his Achilles tendon in last year’s playoffs?—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Skiing in a brace just nine days after rupturing the ACL in her left knee, Vonn did not finish the final at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
8 Feb. 2026
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Blacklegged ticks, also known as deer ticks, are highly adjusted to surviving cold temperatures by producing a type of natural antifreeze to prevent their cells from rupturing, according to Moleai.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2026
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The film is incredibly, even magnificently, stylish, but beyond its initial presentation, there just isn’t very much guiding the story in any novel or exciting ways — beyond, perhaps, thematic echoes of how the less prim-and-proper tech bros of today might be pulling a fast one too.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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Heimuli rebounded from the loss to Kouokam to beat Jessica Pyatt of El Paso Pebble Hills in a consolation semifinal, pulling Pyatt down with 15 seconds left in the second period and getting a pint five seconds later.—
Rick Kretzschmar,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Feb. 2026
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The sagas of Icelanders—plotty, laconic, often heart-rending—constitute one of the oldest literatures in any language still commonly spoken.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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The subjects say rending but also disquieting things about killing.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Steamy and visually alluring, the film turns Brontë's story about revenge, obsession and social class into a bodice-ripping love affair.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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That didn’t stop him from playing an entire road game two days later and ripping Texas Tech’s heart out with two 3-pointers in the final 80 seconds to win.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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With equal panache, and without cutting away, the narrative focus is handed like a baton in a relay race to the arriving Mayor Dumont (Josse De Pauw) and his daughter and press attaché Marie (Violet Braeckman).—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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The Legislature should focus on lowering costs by delivering permanent property tax relief, restraining state and local spending, cutting red tape that drives up housing and energy costs, and expanding reliable energy production to keep utilities affordable.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Rifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rifting. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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