riven

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Riven by conflict and drought, Chad is one of the poorest countries in the world and also has some of the highest levels of hunger.

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2022

Riven with cracks, smudged with burn marks and mutilated with chisels, the sculpture was at some point smashed to bits and, after discovery in 2002, painstakingly put back together.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2018

“We woke up with rain and heard this huge rumble,” said David Atkinson, 73, who lives with his wife, Cathy, on Riven Rock Road, directly beneath some of the most scorched hillsides.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2018

Since then, it's also ported Myst and its sequel Riven to iOS; both games are also available, in many different editions, on Steam.

From The Verge • Mar. 4, 2016

Riven into wrangling sects from an early period of its history, it has, while exercising a beneficent influence in turbulent and lawless ages, brought not “peace on earth, but a sword.”

From Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement by Clodd, Edward