riven

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Long before Nancy's arrival, the club was riven with disharmony.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Pope Leo XIV is encouraging Turkey to be a source of stability and dialogue in a world riven by conflict.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Small towns were riven between people calling themselves Patriots and British Loyalists.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2025

Indeed, a key reason Powell pushed back so bluntly against expectations of such a cut at the press conference that day was to manage a committee riven by seemingly unbridgeable differences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

The cloud caught up with them, and the first stout drops plopped on the ground out of the riven sky.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck