riven

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“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

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

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

And if I told her something funny, then her tongue dropped away, her head fell back, her mouth opened wide, and there were her front teeth, riven and ascendant.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides