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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
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But it would have made your heart right sair, With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;110 To see the bridegroom rive his hair, As the primrose spreads so sweetly.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
But a story rived by cover-ups and uncertainty is only further muddled by meditations on the uncertain nature of storytelling.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2020
Now she is rived with guilt, the initial headiness of the relationship ceding to the realization that her lover is, basically, a controlling jerk.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2020
The battle that Gil cannot leave behind is the war that rived his nation.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 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
Just once he looked on the little front yard spilling over its rived palings with autumn blossoms.
From Judith of the Cumberlands by Alice MacGowan
Lebanon’s government isn’t only impoverished and outgunned, it’s riven by the same sectarian splits as the society as a whole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
The Southeast Asian nation of some 50 million is riven by civil war and there will be no voting in rebel-held areas.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
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
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
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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
How to make a riving and a new life?
From Time Magazine Archive
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Craig DuMez Brookfield, Wis. As an American riving in Brazil, I felt great pride as I listened to Mondale's concession speech.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Also in the interior were 100 Russian trucks, and Soviet "technicians" were ar riving almost daily from the north.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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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