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rip

[rip] / rɪp /
NOUN
tear, cut
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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Forecasters caution swimmers to be on alert for dangerous rip currents and only swim near a lifeguard, stay off rock jetties and heed the advice of local officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

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

"I'd beaten him on the outside a couple of times so I thought I'll come inside and just let rip," Madueke said.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

First Mom dropped them in a place where they didn’t know anyone, and now she wanted to rip them away from it.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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

Stewart smudged her face with gray makeup, cut a few rips in her least-loved jeans, sliced up a gleaming white cardigan and held up a clipboard that read, “I Am Hungry Help Me!!”

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 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

The rest of Flo’s body, covered with the studded armor, rips through the spiky plants on her sides.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

So it was a good sign when, at the start of 2026, the band rushed out two EPs of new music, ripped from the headlines of a world in turmoil.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Vlasenko ripped it open to find some kind of harness, along with instructions written on paper and recorded on a cellphone video.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 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

It was ripped at the exact angle as the first missing page in the book.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

"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

“She made Bumper look like a saint the way she was ripping off the school,” Borges said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 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

“I’ve seen your other store in Phoenix. You sell these same rugs that we Navajo weave for thousands of dollars. You’re ripping us off,” Nali said.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young


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