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"If global debt resumes its rising rend going forward, the debt rollercoaster since the pandemic will look nothing more than a temporary deviation around its long-term rising trend."
From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2023
And that remains its role now, as thousands of researchers join forces in a collective mission: to better know SARS-CoV-2 and to rend that virus’s complexities into a blueprint to plan its containment and control.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 10, 2021
His tales of the ghost- and history-haunted English countryside, reissued recently by Oxford University Press, rend the veil between everyday existence and a dark and chaotic netherworld.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2018
The loss of insects and arthropods could further rend the rain forest’s food web, Lister warned, causing plant species to go extinct without pollinators.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2018
“It takes little to rend the seams,” he said.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Noted playwright Hudes pens a stunning debut novel that rends conventional notions of motherhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025
We find her at a bleak roadside cemetery where her grief rends the air.
From BBC ● May 9, 2023
What’s left behind after a natural disaster so powerful that it rends the foundations of a society?
From Washington Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
As a result, Alisa makes a terrible choice that rends the family forever.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
His comrades join, their feats to tell; The chorus then begins to swell; Loud martial music rends the sky: This is the soldier's melody.
From The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts by George Colman
To cover rent on a tiny apartment, Mr. Stallone took low-level jobs, including a gig as an usher at a movie theater, where he got a free education in cinematic story arcs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
When Andrew had taken on the 75 year lease in 2003, he had made considerable up-front payments, including about £7.5m for repairs, which meant that he did not have to pay a monthly rent.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
One projection: A $400 property-tax hike could result in around a $240 annual increase in apartment rent.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
A deal had been reached with the real estate firm allowing Abascal to return home at a lower rent, but she ultimately spent her final days in hospital.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
In fact, Bobby’s rent and other basic needs were being paid for by his mother’s Social Security checks.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
When I defended the author and the decision to run his op-ed, there was more rending of garments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
And so a proper rending of garments was had.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024
The rending of hair and gnashing of teeth has begun.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2024
To Polley, more heart rending was that it proved that such a conversation is possible to have, in a hayloft or anywhere else.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
A rending, splintering sound made them all look back at the house.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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