rip

Example Sentences

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Sarah paid $15,000 to rip out the chain-link fence separating the Healing Arts center and Quirky, which had been cut into repeatedly, and replace it with 80 feet of reinforcement.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Others want to rip up the funding system entirely.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

That is forcing vineyard owners from Bordeaux to Australia to rip up vines and leave grapes to rot in the fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“We needed to rip it up and start again,” Straus said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

He handed her the cup and focused on trying to rip the pit out of a new date.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny