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strip

[strip] / strɪp /




VERB
remove clothes erotically
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"Simplified models can inadvertently strip away the very stabilizing effect we want to capture."

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

He wanted to strip the Rebels for parts on the way out the door.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

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

Louise Haigh, Burnham's deputy, has vowed to "strip out needless bureaucracy" from government more generally, citing an example of there being three public consultations between 2019 and 2023 on whether to microchip cats.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

On one of his scouting rides through Berlin, he saw a young man in the West talking across the death strip to a young woman in the East.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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 2023, the International Olympic Committee stripped Kremlev’s IBA of its role organizing Olympic boxing.

From Salon Sep. 14, 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

Despite Harry and Meghan’s entreaties, they were stripped of royal patronages and honorary military titles.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

It was September when they sailed smartly into Boston Harbor, every man an old salt, the Astrea stripped of her chafing gear and gleaming with fresh paint and varnish.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

With the NBA stripping the Clippers of five future first-round picks, the package they are expected to receive when the Leonard trade is completed would have a substantial impact on their future roster-building options.

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

Zac is non-verbal and his mum said his behaviour can be extremely challenging, including stripping off his clothes and running away when they are out.

From BBC Sep. 9, 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

They unclipped the spool and rolled it over to where they’d set up their stripping operation near the oil tanker’s prow.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

Jones—Now, my lord, we will give an account how she was when she was stript, and they came to view the body.

From State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social by Various

All in like efforts join'd: “And quickly Othrys of his woods was stript: “Nor Pelion shade retain'd.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard

And when those boughs are all stript bare, By wint'ry storms o'ertaken, That faithful bird is still ling'ring there, Nor hath ever that spot forsaken.

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by George Yellott

My house was stript to a wastage, and every thing was taken away; what was too heavy to be easily transported was, after being carried some distance, left on the road.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt

Then stript his robe, exclaiming—“Here the breast “Still for your good employ'd.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard




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