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strip

[strip] / strɪp /




VERB
remove clothes erotically
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The resemblance might have ended there, except Kennedy recently told an interviewer that he eats beef twice a day, generally grass-fed strip steak.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

What do Tommy and Tuppence, Harry Potter, “Anne of Green Gables” and the old comic strip “Gasoline Alley” have in common?

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

They have happened in places near the strip of territory that is occupied by Israeli troops, and large numbers of residents have again been fleeing those areas.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

For more than seven decades, she helped millions strip away the veils of hierarchy, patriarchy and all the stories spun about gendered expectations to confront the actual experience of women’s lives.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

The truth was she would rather stay in the too-hot room and read than strip the dusty beds and sweep out moth-infested closets.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Smith was stripped of the captaincy and banned for a year by Cricket Australia, and broke down in tears as he apologised during a news conference at Sydney airport.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

In his suit, Filippi claims that Metrolink routinely replaces broken equipment with used parts from other trains, raising safety risks and putting stripped trains out of commission.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

The storm, which churned the waters of the Pacific over the last week, stripped sand off the beach, making it no longer safe to hold the festival there, the city said.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

The point is to notice that stuffing, stripped of its ceremonial duties, is an exceptionally forgiving way to turn bread and whatever else you have into dinner.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

The sheets on the old woman’s bed were stripped and replaced every Wednesday morning.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Forget the fines and suspensions, most hurtful to fans is the league stripping the Clippers of five first-round draft picks, from 2029 through 2033.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

In an interview with MarketWatch, Palfrey pointed out that S&P 500 earnings per share jumped 55% in the second quarter, or a still-impressive 35% when stripping out unrealized gains.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

The findings suggest that drugs designed to target HSF1 could potentially reduce the thickness of the glycocalyx, stripping away some of the protection that allows cancer cells to avoid immune surveillance.

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

Speaking to LBC on Sunday, Sir James said Burnham was "stripping hundreds of millions of pounds out of the budget of London councils".

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

It left them and turned fierce, stripping leaves from trees and pulling the dirt from ancient earthen walls.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Ten to one but behind some bush, or under some hedge, we may find the Lady Madam Dulcinea, stript of her enchanted rags, and as fine as a queen.

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The Apartments are large, but want Ornament, especially since they have been stript of their Furniture.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz

Though thou sufferest me to be stript of all outward ornaments, yet preserve me ever in those enjoyments wherein I may enjoy thy self; and which cannot be taken from me against my will.

From Eikon Basilike The Pourtracture of His Sacred Majestie, in His Solitudes and Sufferings by King of England Charles I

Some quaintness of the vocabulary has been got rid of—some dialogue has been stript of its redundancy—some few thoughts have been added—and others retrenched.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

When cut, they are stript of the leaves, and rolled up for sale.

From An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Francis Hamilton




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