"bridge the rift" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to connect or reconcile a division or disagreement between two individuals or groups. Example: The new peace treaty was designed to bridge the rift between the two neighboring countries and promote better relations.
Williams, herself a Mormon, unveils life among the Chosen (a fictitious theocracy) with spare, evocative writing and an honest sense of character that helps bridge the rift between Kyra's world and ours.
To bridge the rift between them, Obama had first to establish a deep, centuries-long tension driven by "historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate".
The western diplomat said that the EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, was able to bridge the rifts on Monday.
More importantly, Turkey's attempts to bridge the rifts with Russia and Israel signal more substantive changes in its foreign policy.
Mr. Heston became its president in 1998, a figure of epic if celluloid stature who bridged the rift between divisive factions and propelled the gun lobby into the top echelons of populist American crusades.
The Bridging the Rift science center, a "free academic zone" planned to straddle a literal gap in the fence, will host researchers from both countries and eventually other Middle Eastern nations.
A10 European Union Expands In the European Union's largest expansion ever, leaders of 10 countries signed treaties to join the union, while leaders of the 15 countries already in it sought to bridge the profound rifts between them that had been opened by the war in Iraq.
The Doctor offers the Gelth temporary use of the corpses until he can transport them to a place where they can build new bodies, using Gwyneth as a bridge to cross the Rift.
DAKAR, Senegal (Reuters) — The Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas met in Senegal over the weekend for talks aimed at bridging the violent rift between the groups.
But on Monday, Tsipras put seemed determined to bridge that rift in relations, denying any designs by Athens to confiscate German assets in payback of reparations.
Kurd and Turk, Baghdad Shia and Saudi Arabian Wahhabi have bridged the sectarian rifts that bedevil their homelands.
