rift

Is it a rift, kerfuffle, brawl or hairline fracture?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Ronaldo's statement comes after Portugal head coach Jorge Jesus said there was no rift with the captain, following claims the five-times Ballon d'Or winner had refused to train.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“There is a real rift across the globe, so experiencing a moment where the shared desire is simply to unite, to gather, and to be together—that feels good.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

When Axios reported that Harris had privately called Zogby and others to try to mend the rift, he wouldn’t comment at the time.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

Seeing them gave me renewed determination to mend the rift.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

There’s a Christian minister, Michael Hare, who’s also a consultant to churches experiencing those rifts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Garbo and his colleagues were watching one of several major rifts that appeared likely to eventually cut across the entire ice tongue.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

To counter the growing threat across Fae territories, Prythian’s fractured Night Court must overcome internal rifts and recent betrayals to restore former alliances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Differing opinions on the hotel, after Kebatu's offending in July 2025, led to rifts among neighbours who co-existed peacefully for years.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Superplumes may also be responsible for the rifts that cause continents to break up.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

"In essence, we now have a front row seat to observe a critical rifting phase that had fundamentally shaped all rifted margins across the world," says co-author Folarin Kolawole, who is also with Lamont.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026

This region was rifted apart during the breakup of the supercontinent Columbia, after which sedimentation continued on the western margin of Laurentia with the deposition of the Windermere Group.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

Divergent boundaries form where existing plates are rifted apart, and it is hypothesized that this is caused by a series of mantle plumes.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

Heezen thinks that the Atlantic Ocean is a very old crack that has rifted over and over and grown 3,000 miles wide.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her inscrutable gaze then wandered toward the cloud mountains towering in the west, their snowy summits rifted by rivers of molten gold, and flooding the peaceful earth with unearthly beauty.

From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Nancy Huston Banks

Researchers have spent decades trying to understand the full chain of processes involved in continental rifting, from deep-mantle motion to cracking and earthquakes at the surface.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

He added: "Our work suggests that tectonic uplift related to continental rifting and breakup created both steep slopes and high ground, providing the mountainous terrain that rivers and glaciers could readily erode."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

"Eastern Africa has progressed further in the rifting process than previously thought."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026

“There are a variety of older structures in the range, too, due to ancient rifting, that could be reactivated.”

From National Geographic ● Sep. 11, 2023

Q. "Hello, Corporal," said Pete, with a capacious grin rifting the powder grime on his face.

From Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign by John McElroy