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"If global debt resumes its rising rend going forward, the debt rollercoaster since the pandemic will look nothing more than a temporary deviation around its long-term rising trend."
From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2023
And that remains its role now, as thousands of researchers join forces in a collective mission: to better know SARS-CoV-2 and to rend that virus’s complexities into a blueprint to plan its containment and control.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 10, 2021
Some — the ones that rend your very soul — you find a way to mend.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2020
The loss of insects and arthropods could further rend the rain forest’s food web, Lister warned, causing plant species to go extinct without pollinators.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2018
“Delicate Adonis is dying, Cytherea, what shall we do? Beat your breasts, maidens, and rend your tunics.”
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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Noted playwright Hudes pens a stunning debut novel that rends conventional notions of motherhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025
We find her at a bleak roadside cemetery where her grief rends the air.
From BBC ● May 9, 2023
What’s left behind after a natural disaster so powerful that it rends the foundations of a society?
From Washington Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
As a result, Alisa makes a terrible choice that rends the family forever.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
Some are not yet healed, and memory often rends them anew until the tears will come trickling through the torn fissures.
From Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Ida Glenwood
Nvidia also recently signed deals with two young cloud-computing companies in Australia where it acts as a customer of last resort if they can’t find others to rent their computing power to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The observation was made by Wolverhampton Trading Standards, but a spokesperson said no action had been taken as properties advertised for rent by MPK were in neighbouring council areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The same notice periods can also apply if a landlord intends to raise the rent by 5% or more.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Read on: A $420 camera for $10: China’s young consumers would rather rent than buy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
“If your niece is to stay with you, Mrs. Warne, I will have to raise your rent to fifteen dollars,” came a high-pitched voice from the other side of the door.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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But if the first go-rounds last year were tragedy—depressing stocks, spiking prices, and rending hearts in both countries—the latest skirmish is starting to look more like farce.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
At the time, police also arrested and charged Clemmons’ sister, his aunt, a cousin and his half-brother with a variety of crimes, including rending medical aid to the wounded Clemmons.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
No matter the format, “Walküre” is a rending portrait of love, family and regret; Sunday’s performance wasn’t any different.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
It was not Mount St. Helens that blew, but a gash that appeared in the earth, rending the real world and allowing that monster-y dimension, the Upside Down, more entry.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2022
Davos never saw the battle joined, but he heard it; a great rending crash as two galleys came together.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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