Thesaurus / schism
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The schism within the GOP makes it all the more difficult to mobilize public opinion against Afghan refugees.
AMERICANS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF OPPOSING REFUGEES. BUT MOST SUPPORT AFGHAN ASYLUM SEEKERS.MICHAEL TESLERSEPTEMBER 8, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe position reaffirmed their own validity — and their own authority — among a world of competing voices, as society fractured into increasingly numerous schisms during the 1960s.
EVEN LDS LEADERS ARE STRUGGLING TO GET MORMONS VACCINATED AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUSBENJAMIN PARKAUGUST 24, 2021WASHINGTON POSTShe’s got so much on her shoulders and a real schism within her.
FILMING ‘THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD’ WAS GRUELING. BUT THE CAST GRASPED ‘THE WEIGHT OF WHAT WE WERE DOING.’STUART MILLERMAY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POST“There’s a schism in our picture of the world, and this is bridging that gap,” said Leron Borsten, a physicist at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
HOW GRAVITY IS A DOUBLE COPY OF OTHER FORCESCHARLIE WOODMAY 4, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINETo see that schism playing out in companies’ bottom lines, just compare the results of struggling fashion retailers like Banana Republic, Macy’s or Nordstrom with those of those of Lululemon Athleta or Old Navy.
FROM PET ADOPTIONS TO D.I.Y. HOME IMPROVEMENT TO SWEATPANTS: 10 COVID-FUELED CONSUMER TRENDS THAT WILL ENDUREPHIL WAHBADECEMBER 20, 2020FORTUNEMore than this, Jacobitism brought the National Church into peril of downright schism.
THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYCHARLES J. ABBEY AND JOHN H. OVERTONEven Bishop Ken said of him that he showed zeal to make the schism incurable.
THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYCHARLES J. ABBEY AND JOHN H. OVERTONThis latter party had been rent asunder by the nonjuring schism.
THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYCHARLES J. ABBEY AND JOHN H. OVERTONThe schism was not confined to the narrow limits of the Byzantine empire.
THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIREEDWARD GIBBONSo ended the schism; and Bernard left Rome within five days after finishing his work.
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