rip
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"Strong Nor'easter off the mid-Atlantic and northeast will bring coastal flooding, rip currents, strong wind gusts, and heavy rain to the region this weekend," the National Weather Service said on its website.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
"Luckily they were able to do a slight incision and not have to rip me open completely," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
On Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service in Los Angeles was forecasting elevated surf and strong rip currents at beaches this weekend and into next week as a result of multiple southerly swells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
I promised I would use Don’t Short Yourself to be vulnerable about my own finances, so let’s rip the Band-Aid off: I have racked up $7,500 in credit-card debt.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
She yanked at it until I heard the fabric rip, but I was already running.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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“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
"It rips your soul out," he told Reuters news agency.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
An alarm on his pager rips him from sleep at 1 a.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The episode’s signature moment comes in a soliloquy from Gen Z hero Ava Daniels, in which she rips into the idea that A.I. is inevitable and talks about how we can and should fight it.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
I could never remember that I was wearing long skirts now, and Betsie spent many evenings mending the rips I put in them when I moved too fast.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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As fire ripped through the apartment building, the stepfather of five paused to talk the unidentified pregnant woman out of jumping from the second-story window to the dirt and concrete below.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
“Because frankly, if we don’t do that, it’s going to close. It’ll end up being ripped down.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Staging da capo arias is always a challenge, and Ms. Griffin often fell into the trap of extremes—Mr. Brownlee and Mr. Costanzo tossed chairs around, leaped acrobatically onto furniture and ripped things up—or stasis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
You can't help thinking, is this going to be ripped away from us as well?
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
He came out to the porch wearing plaid pajama bottoms that were ripped at the ankle seam and a Free Shrugs T-shirt.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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States are ripping up data center tax breaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
States that gave data centers billions in tax breaks are now ripping up the deals.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Videos of first-time buyers ripping rare cards on TikTok have racked up millions of views, and new collectors have sprung up everywhere as a result of the fandom reaching fresh audiences on social media.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Adas Rico Wojtulewicz-Richmond, the NFB's director of policy, said: "Is this scheme going to stop bad actors operating and ripping people off? I don't think it will."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
All Scoob knows is every time she moves, it sounds like somebody’s ripping a sheet of paper.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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