riving

present participle of rive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for riving
Verb
  • However, the president’s criticism of mail-in ballots could risk disrupting the inroads Republicans made with voters last cycle, with the party spending millions promoting mail-in ballots ahead of the 2024 election.
    Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The limitations placed on these researchers is disrupting NASA’s work and could stymie the careers of younger Chinese researchers who came to the US to advance their scientific work, as well as benefit the space agency through their findings, the sources said.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk this week on a Utah college campus marks the latest example of violence tearing through American politics across centuries and the ideological spectrum.
    Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Greenlaw hasn’t played a healthy season since tearing his Achilles in a fluke moment in February 2024’s Super Bowl.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
  • While Japan and China are already breaking speed records and bringing the technology to life, projects in the West are still struggling to deliver even conventional high-speed rail.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Vaccaro accused Hill of throwing her to the ground, ripping her hair out, twisting body parts, spitting on her and shoving a marijuana cigarette in her face, according to the TMZ article.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Camp Fire, California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire, is a few hours off from igniting and ripping through the town of Paradise and its neighbors, but the stage is set.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Laura is frantic about saving Daniel after learning Cherry pushed her father from a construction site, fracturing his spine in two places.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Whispers of a fundamental dispute have burst into public view, fracturing one of the Middle East and North Africa's most pivotal alliances.
    Khaled Hassan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Riving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riving. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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