schism

You could ache for the cozy city of the past in “The Royal Tenenbaums” or grabble with the schism of everything suddenly feeling different in “Mulholland Drive.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Houthis, predominantly Shia Muslims, and al-Shabaab, which adheres to Sunni Islam, are among the hundreds of millions divided by a seventh-century schism over who was the rightful successor to the Prophet Muhammad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

"I can't believe in the long term that there will be a schism because it would be a lose-lose for everybody," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

His death in battle there in the 7th Century cemented the schism between Shia and Sunnis.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

The schism was to last over eighty years.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The clash in early October, seen by the BBC in a video, is one of many in recent months in which one of the deepest schisms in Israeli society has become ever more exposed.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The schisms at Westish are mirrored in Pella’s deteriorating relationship with Mike, which collapses during Owen’s glitzy destination wedding on Block Island, R.I.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

It is a long-held tenet of the theater that the most interesting characters, like the most interesting people, are defined by their schisms and paradoxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

There are schisms on these issues within the U.S. military.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025

Feverishly he followed in periodicals the Dadaist movements and schisms, the strangely feminine jealousies and religiousness, the obscurantisms of the forming and breaking schools.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck