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• n  a gap between cloud masses
  the sun shone through a rift in the clouds
• n  a narrow fissure in rock
• n  a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• The violence started in response to a flawed election, but it reveals a rift that may be beyond politicians' control.
• The first serious rift between Britain's Big Business and Big Business Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain developed last week when Lord Weir, adviser to the Air Ministry and to .
• A pudgy-looking guy in a trailer home encourages you to explore the rift.

• rupture
• breach
• break
• severance
• falling out

News & Articles

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• Rift in BJP wide open, Advani quits all party posts
  NEW DELHI: The rift in BJP was today wide open with L K Advani quitting from all the party posts, apparently opposing the elevation of his one-time protege Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as election campaign committee chief.
  June 11, 2013 - INDOlink
• Oculus Rift HD prototype VR headset appears at E3, we go hands (and eyes) on (update: video)
  We've been impressed with Oculus Rift from the start, and have been following the VR headset closely ever since. The developer edition has been in the hands of devs for a couple months now, and while Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell have certainly received rave reviews of the headset from many, they've also heard lots of feedback about ways to improve it. The number one request from users and ...
  June 11, 2013 - Engadget
• Integrating Oculus Rift into Unreal Engine 4
  Struggling with integrating Oculus Rift support into your engine? Epic's Nick Whiting shares the techniques for how he implemented the technology in Unreal Engine 4. ...
  June 11, 2013 - Gamasutra

Quotes

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• Frank Lampard in The Associated Press
  A rift honestly isn't there,Frank Lampard said. "When things get difficult in football — results and performances — people will try to say there are factions (within the squad) and we have to make sure we stay very united....
• Clay Matthews in The Canadian Press
  It's very tough, and he's definitely going to have to earn our trust back,linebacker Clay Matthews III said. "But, for the most part, there's not a rift in this team."
• Jack Tretton in CNN International
  Franchises like 'Resistance' and 'MotorStorm' that did so many key things for us at launch are going to be very key for us this holiday season, with 'Resistance 2' and 'MotorStorm Pacific Rift,' said Jack Tretton, chief executive at at Sony...