1
as in disrupting
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
road pavement that had been riven by the annual freeze-and-thaw cycle
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as in tearing
to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it
the bitter disappointment threatened to rive my heart in two
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The Port of Seattle and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport endured a cyberattack in August 2024 initiated by a ransomware group that caused some IT system outages disrupting Wi-Fi, facility websites, flight display screens and check-in kiosks.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026 -
The process of how art gets made seems to change every day, with new technologies disrupting old workflows and evolving methods of distribution and monetization.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
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Katie Lou Samuelson, Collier’s UConn classmate, missed the 2025 season after tearing her ACL during training camp with the Seattle Storm.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
11 May 2026
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One of the state’s most infamous tornadoes, this massive F4 touched down near Holliday before tearing into Wichita Falls.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Nvidia’s GPUs, first developed in 1999 for rendering graphics on computers and gaming consoles, function by breaking complex computing problems into smaller tasks and resolving them simultaneously.—
Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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The two string-breaking simulations are among the first to model particle interactions in two spatial dimensions, González-Cuadra says.—
Zeeya Merali,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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Webb delivered the big blow with runners on second and third and no outs in the seventh, ripping a two-run double to the gap in left-center to give the Celtics the lead.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Stocks have been ripping higher thanks to a revival in enthusiasm around artificial intelligence.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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To pass, Spectra had to run highly complex nuclear stockpile and molecular physics simulations without crashing, dragging, or fracturing code.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
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This town of around 200 native Náhuatl people is among many in the central state of Guerrero ravaged by decades of fracturing rival criminal groups warring for territorial control.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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“Riving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riving. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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