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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

Every year a new Maid of Orleans is elected from les damoiselles de la rive gauche, and she is the figurehead of the Saint Germain Fair.

From Time Magazine Archive

Allers glad to give you a little practice," grinned Jerry, "though you'd rive the gizzard out of an army drill sergeant, I'd wenture to say, if he hed the teachin' of you.

From Red, White, Blue Socks. Part Second Being the Second Book of the Series by Barrow, Sarah L.