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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
“Through here,” boomed Wednesday, and he led them through the only exit, formed to look like the gaping mouth of a huge monster, its sharp teeth ready to rend them all to slivers.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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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
“Most people do when the lady Eleanor turns and rends them,” returned Jean, with a reminiscent smile.
From Betty Wales Freshman by Edith K. Dunton
Median rent for a two-bedroom home was about $1,893 nationwide in July, not including utilities or insurance, and for a buyer today, the typical monthly mortgage payment, at current interest rates, was $2,641.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
An early store cost $950 to open: $740 for a secondhand ice-cream machine, $120 for rent and $90 for electrical wiring and decor, Zhang Hongfu wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
They had their first dance on a second private island nearby that can rent for around $100,000 a night, paid for by Kremlev.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Our latest report shows how sensitive the rental market is to even modest changes in how many homes are available for rent," said Richard Donnell, executive director at Zoopla.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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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When I defended the author and the decision to run his op-ed, there was more rending of garments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
Holley is volcanically self-expressive in his visual art, whether rending tiny wires into human profiles or planning massive statues from uncut granite and gleaming metal.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
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
A rending, splintering sound made them all look back at the house.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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