tear
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In 2016 Clare experienced a tear which did not heal.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Kings said he will undergo surgery to repair the tear, which normally requires a recovery period of six to 12 months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
After police officers had used megaphones to call on those gathered to desist from violence, they used water cannons and tear gas to temporarily disperse the crowd.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
After the 2023 law took effect, city inspectors issued him a number of violations, including for the door, which he then had to tear down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Crandell and Mullineaux swallowed their fear and stayed, barely able to tear their eyes away from the bulge.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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His nigiri is adorned with nothing more than a flicker of wasabi and a quick wash of tare.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
Not only are they delicious, but they’re ingeniously efficient: A simple, homemade tare doubles as a marinade and a glaze for these blink-and-they’re-done skewers.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2019
He also had to deal with the unfortunate spoilage of his prized tare, the fermented, umami-rich sauce that Chiou had been nurturing since the neighborhood restaurant debuted last year.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2019
Each bag includes the tare weight to ensure you pay only for what you are buying.
From Slate ● May 7, 2018
Until Jade Dragon is no longer lonely and is reunited with at least one of her children, Fruitless Mountain will remain tare.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
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Backup pilots safely landed the plane in Saudi Arabia after it dived at one point near the speed of sound, tearing away part of its rudder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Ellison snapped up the palatial pad back in 2021 for $80 million with the intention of tearing it down.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Now bend the paper into a cylinder without stretching or tearing it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
After the fire entered the building, crews were forced to fight the flames from outside, tearing down walls so they could blast water cannons into the interior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
From the sound of it, they were tearing through the restaurant, but she didn’t know how much time they would have.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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District Judge Ana Reyes tore into government attorneys over the recent removal of trees around the course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Sunday's flood tore through the Gorkha district as children and communities prepared to mark the first day of the Dashain festival, a major moment in the Nepali calendar.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
After a few jaw-clenching, squinty-eyed minutes—and after stuffing the CrossWave so hard it practically tore off my trunks—I eased off the throttle, exhausted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
After he tore up his left shoulder in Game 2 of the 2024 World Series, he had trainers tape the shoulder in place and took 11 at-bats over the final three games of the series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Mama tore up the trail faster than I had ever seen her run.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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The couple was torn on whether to mention him at all, they say, as they stopped speaking after Lentz’s scandal came to light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Saturday's blaze "spread rapidly due to high winds" and had torn through the fences of the base, the Municipal District of Wainwright said.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Surgery can repair the torn ligament, but fixing the immediate injury does not necessarily prevent long-term joint damage.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Some had the components to become hurricanes in other years, but they were torn apart within days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
If we crash into the surface, my system will be torn apart.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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