schism
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You could ache for the cozy city of the past in “The Royal Tenenbaums” or grabble with the schism of everything suddenly feeling different in “Mulholland Drive.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
His death in battle there in the 7th Century cemented the schism between Shia and Sunnis.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Apple’s announcement widened the schism between the companies powering the AI buildout, and those that are their key consumers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Rather than uniting the Gulf countries against their common opponent, the war has deepened a schism between Saudi Arabia and the Emirates in which the two have taken diverging approaches to Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
How have I never seen the schism inside his heart?
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
It is a long-held tenet of the theater that the most interesting characters, like the most interesting people, are defined by their schisms and paradoxes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The schisms underscore the growing fragility of the nascent coalition in the waning days of its founder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
There are schisms on these issues within the U.S. military.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
England's political and religious schisms would lead it to a midcentury civil war.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
Feverishly he followed in periodicals the Dadaist movements and schisms, the strangely feminine jealousies and religiousness, the obscurantisms of the forming and breaking schools.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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