riven

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Riven though we are, we are also, on many matters, united.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2019

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

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 by the 1938 Moscow Trials, he defected from the Party and was hired by TIME.

From Time • Jan. 24, 2015

Riven trunks, split like match-wood by the lightning, stood beside the trail, gaunt and hopeless.

From The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills by Cullum, Ridgwell