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rift

noun as in difference of opinion

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“The latest rift between the U.S. and China is likely to cause greater market volatility, and investors must brace for a choppy ride,” the managing director of Investment Strategy adds.

In a troubled time before their rift, my husband, by his own account, had been financially irresponsible, reckless, a prodigal son.

As with other protests against the war, the boycott letter included Jewish signatories, exposing rifts among Jews in Israel and abroad.

Initially, the sea was a narrow rift valley filled with lakes, then became a wider gulf when it was flooded from the Mediterranean 23 million years ago.

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Major rifts over key health care issues are at the heart of the federal government shutdown that began at the stroke of midnight on Oct.

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