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  • noun Plural form of rift.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rift.

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Examples

  • Yes, it had its stupid excesses Brian Cox's character arc was especially, uh, strained but I appreciated how Verbinski translated the generational rifts from the Japanese movie to an American setting, where instead of it being a generation gap problem it became one more of American thirty-somethings who seem reluctant to fully embrace adulthood.

    Take a picture, it'll last... forever Arbogast 2009

  • This can cause long-term rifts in your team that can do serious harm; the designers not consulting with the DBA when making designs can lead to crying down the road on both sides.

    Tipping the Scale 2006

  • Yet the friendship of the English-speaking peoples, with their many household rifts, is tested and tried.

    Britain Versus Europe—The Schuman Plan and German Revival 1950

  • But following label rifts, the band took a downward spiral turn and fell into a musical limbo, releasing three albums in 1999, 2001 and 2004 - which didn't attract much popularity at all.

    andPOP.com Jeremy Singer 2009

  • HOLMES: People this morning also talking about the so-called rifts within the Jackson family.

    CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2009 2009

  • The crisis has outlined in stark terms the rifts among Europeans over how much political power to assign to the EU to police its members' budgets and how much money it will get to prop up the most debt-ridden countries.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SUSAN SACHS 2011

  • Underlying the rifts was a clear distinction between those in government, like Prime Minister David Cameron, insisting that "in large parts of the country this was just pure criminality," and those like Ed Miliband, leader of the opposition Labour Party, arguing that the riots reflected a far broader "crisis of values" spreading from lawmakers, journalists and bankers to the unemployed and dispossessed.

    NYT > Home Page By ALAN COWELL 2011

  • Underlying the rifts was a clear distinction between those in government, like Prime Minister David Cameron, insisting that "in large parts of the country this was just pure criminality," and those like Ed Miliband, leader of the opposition Labour Party, arguing that the riots reflected a far broader "crisis of values" spreading from lawmakers, journalists and bankers to the unemployed and dispossessed.

    NYT > Home Page By ALAN COWELL 2011

  • What will help heal the rifts is the departure of the often divisive Mosley after four terms.

    Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News 2009

  • What will help heal the rifts is the departure of the often divisive Mosley after four terms.

    Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News 2009

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