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[rahyv] / raɪv /




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Though she did not hang out with the bohemians and intellectuals of the rive gauche, there was nevertheless something about her persona that chimed with the romantic existentialism of the time.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2018

You never put your foot in the same rive twice.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2017

“Per le spiagge, per le rive di Trieste,” he began, singing the opening lines of “The Bells of Saint Giusto,” a patriotic World War I paean to Italy’s victory against—and Trieste’s independence from—Austria-Hungary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2015

And they gathered in pity and fear, for they faced a problem that might rive their church to its foundations.

From Time Magazine Archive

They has it civered with boards they rive out the woods.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

Negotiations between the two sides have been rived with mistrust for months, with both sides pointing fingers over the escalating tensions.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2019

The battle that Gil cannot leave behind is the war that rived his nation.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2018

The academy has been rived by the accusations.

From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2018

In a country rived by tribal rivalries, Kenyatta, 55, has the support of many Kikuyus and Kalenjins, while Odinga, 72, is strong among the Luos, Luhyas and Kambas.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2017

Then they rived east and they rived west, In many a strange country.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

One of those strengths is a mental fortitude that comes with representing a country that is riven by crisis and humanitarian disaster.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

Such policies have manifested differently across China, with harsher tactics applied in areas seen as riven with separatist sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

“I actually have some thoughts,” she said when asked by a reporter how she felt about representing the U.S. at a time when the country is riven by deep political divides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026

Spending cuts are even more difficult than in Britain—where welfare cuts have proved to be a political nonstarter—and securing a budget at all in a deeply riven French Parliament is a challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

Psalms sung by the priests of King David, who united the kingdoms of Israel and Judaea in 1003 bc, are riven through with references to instruments and to singing.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

However, the game turned on its head in dramatic fashion when Charteris was sent to the sin-bin for stopping a riving maul illegally.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2014

Also in the interior were 100 Russian trucks, and Soviet "technicians" were ar riving almost daily from the north.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their two daughters are riving on the West Coast, and their son David, 18, is attending Auburn University in Alabama.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the government's admission, the new budget is expected to produce a 7% drop in the standard of riving over the next year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Starting in fall 1793, British troops began ar- riving in Saint Domingue to reenslave people and return them to their sugar plantations.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson


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