rives

present tense third-person singular of rive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rives
Verb
  • My success — scholarships, businesses, properties — disrupts both narratives.
    Sofía Pereda, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Pairing incompatible flavors disrupts the harmony of the charcuterie creation.
    Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … CRIME MAGNET – Washington Post rips Democratic Socialist's costly bus proposal for New Yorkers.
    , FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The Meadow Vista Community Center, located at 1101 Meadow Vista Road, could also serve as an evacuation site if a fire rips through the area, residents said.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Colonial seizure breaks the reciprocal relationship between people and the land, converting it to a relationship governed by extraction.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But just because everything else is feeling unstable, this is almost the straw that breaks the camel's back for him.
    Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Achilles tears that the Boston Celtics' Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers suffered during the 2025 playoffs have made the race for the conference wide open this coming season.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • In this kind of system, scientists theorize that the black hole tears the neutron star apart before swallowing it, which releases electromagnetic waves.
    Chad Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While a tiny fraction of the quake’s energy (less than 1%) fractures rocks, up to 80% of it is transformed into heat.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
  • If the community fractures over which path to take, and no consensus emerges, adoption may be stalled.
    Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Once in place, the device releases liquid nitrogen, reaching temperatures as low as –170°C to form an ice ball that destroys the tumor cells.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 10 Oct. 2025
  • These newly aware companies’ high-speed trading of financial projects destroys the Earth itself, forcing humans to flee to the margins of the solar system.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The debris collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Recruits typically come from deprived areas, and as Russia’s economy disintegrates in slow motion, the bonanza offered by the army looks increasingly appealing.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Rives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rives. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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