rip
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Retail trade groups, however, reject the claim that digital tags are designed to manipulate prices to rip off consumers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
One was so indifferent to tourists, no one bothered to rip the vines of poison ivy off the tree trunks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Drivers will be given the right to challenge "rip off" private parking charges and more grace when using private providers under new rules set out by Andy Burnham.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The National Hurricane Center said the worst of Rachel was over but "hazardous coastal conditions" could persist for days, with the highest waves coinciding with high tides, causing life-threatening surf and rip currents.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
I clutch the trim on my tunic so hard, it gives a little protest rip.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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The analysts said most pack rips have an “initial take rate” — or the share of any transaction a site takes for itself — of around 5% to 10%.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
“It rips out Prop. 103’s good‑driver protections and replaces your actual driving record with a black‑box score built on sweeping data collection,’’ Balber said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Long a lethal baseliner—no one rips it better—he’s added angles, texture and touch to make his game less predictable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
"It rips your soul out," he told Reuters news agency.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Faris rips off his school tags and throws them into the sky, followed by the rest of us.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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Pistons fans banging inflatable thunder sticks erupted in the third quarter as Detroit ripped off an 11-0 run to close the lead to three with 1:03 remaining in the quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
"It's hard to admit when you've really screwed up," the billionaire, 85, wrote on Instagram after she deleted a photo of herself in ripped jeans, a torn sweater and a dirtied face.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
“Well, after ‘Sideways,’ thousands upon thousands of acres were ripped out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
When the railroad stocks crashed, nobody went and ripped up the rails and said, “Let’s go back to horses and carriages.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
What if Reuben ripped their roof off again, and they were swept away into the storm?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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"If an AI creator is ripping off content wholesale, it would be good for us to work out what we can do about that," Mosseri wrote.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
And unlike us mere mortals, they aren’t afflicted by pesky qualms about their reputation or career, or that queasy feeling in the gut produced by years of social conditioning against lying or ripping people off.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
I mean wrestle-wrestle, like takedowns and headlocks and ripping the pinstriped sleeves off well-tailored custom suits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
What followed was Arafat singled-handedly ripping through the lower order.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
I jerked around to the fry cook, who was ripping off his apron.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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