| heal rift | 5.33 | Barak is now trying to heal the rift. | ||
| cause rift | 5.20 | His exit caused a rift in the coalition. | ||
| create rift | 3.49 | The crisis created huge rifts in the Arab world. | ||
| mend rift | 1.97 | Takes two to mend a rift. | ||
| widen rift | 1.97 | Failure to do so would widen rifts with America. | ||
| deepen rift | 1.25 | That speech deepened the rift between Havel and Klaus. | ||
| expose rift | 1.05 | The program is sure to expose rifts among Republicans. | ||
| deny rift | 0.79 | He has publicly denied any rift with Chavez. | ||
| open rift | 0.79 | The same report on jobs opened a rift in the stock market. | ||
| repair rift | 0.79 | But that option appears unlikely to repair the rift in the party. | ||
| downplay rift | 0.66 | Bush downplayed the rifts over the Middle East. | ||
| end rift | 0.59 | How does Bush propose to end this rift? | ||
| follow rift | 0.46 | But he was removed following a rift among opposition leaders. | ||
| illustrate rift | 0.46 | Conflict illustrates religious rift. | ||
| prevent rift | 0.39 | This stance may be taken in order to prevent further rifts in the Armed Forces. | ||
| resolve rift | 0.39 | Negotiators did manage to mostly resolve one rift over the size of education tax breaks. | ||
| reveal rift | 0.39 | But discussions over the three days revealed rifts which some would have preferred to keep hidden. | ||
| close rift | 0.33 | As December approached, John made a move to close the rift between his father and himself. | ||
| exploit rift | 0.33 | This rift is being exploited, they said. | ||
| highlight rift | 0.33 | Putin had been keen to settle the feud between Sergeyev and Kvashnin, which has highlighted rifts in the military. |