ripper
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“Any good news at all and there are so many out there way off sides to a ripper of a rally,” Detrick said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026
He survived being caught at bat-pad off Kuldeep, with India failing to review, but after he missed another drive at Kuldeep's ripper, England unravelled.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
Excellent - ripper - and apologies if you, the reader, knew all this.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2022
The objects there are built on an Alice in Wonderland scale: tomato-shaped pincushions as big as chairs, a gargantuan seam ripper in royal blue, bobbins a giant could use.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
When I offered to help, she raised an eyebrow—she had no idea I could sew—but handed me a coat, a diamond choker, a seam ripper, and a needle.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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"You think bodice rippers, contemporary things, fantasy. It covers a broad spectrum. So it's not maybe as niche as you think initially."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
They were accompanied by vocal virtuosos Lucius and blues-rock rippers Judith Hill and Eric Krasno, each fixtures in the local music community trying to rebuild itself in the wake of the Eaton fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
The 10-song set of vintage Foos anthems is their finest album in years, the stadium-ready rippers carrying a renewed sense of urgency following Hawkins’ death last year.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
But we would suggest that you make some room in your playlist amid the dragon-fired bodice rippers for Jackson’s masterful work.
From Fox News ● May 24, 2019
By Jove!" he said, "they're rippers for looks, and they should fly a bit, I'm thinking.
From The Way of a Man by Emerson Hough