tear
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Tempe, Ariz.-based Dutch Bros, founded in southern Oregon in 1992, has been on a tear in recent years, expanding from its Pacific Northwest roots eastward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The wear and tear is cumulative, adding up over time like it does for all contact sports.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
The cites worst affected Wednesday included Paris, Bordeaux in the southwest and Lyon in the southeast, and the northern city of Lille where police again used tear gas in clashes, AFP correspondents said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
But just months after this career highlight, symptoms Dan thought were sciatic nerve pain and wear and tear were revealed to be benign tumours in his spine, which needed to be operated on immediately.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“I just saw it tear away and slip under the water. It’s gone.”
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Grilling technique is especially important because Torien’s use of seasonings is minimalist; almost every skewer is salted, and some, but not all, are brushed with tare.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 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
By such lessons did I become acclimated to scientific calculation in even the meanest function, so learning the secrets of tare and gross.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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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
On Thursday, the judge demanded 30 days’ notice before the administration makes any major structural changes to the center, including tearing it down.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
"They emerged from Britain's underground rave scene before exploding onto the global stage, tearing down the boundaries between rave, electronic music and punk along the way."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
"In one of the experiments we present, a machine learning model predicts the tearing mode about 200 milliseconds in advance, so the plasma can be changed to avoid it in the first place."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Exactly how such an event should proceed without tearing the country apart was still very much a matter of speculation and improvisation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Plague is often linked to rats, packed medieval cities, and the devastating epidemics that tore through Europe during and after the Middle Ages.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The second-round pick out of Florida took over the role after Tyler Biadasz, who signed a three-year deal with the Chargers last offseason, tore an anterior cruciate ligament in practice last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
On Friday, Cayabyab had told a radio station the fire had begun in the cargo hold, then tore through the ship within seconds.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
The wave tore through the Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant where Adhikari worked, swallowing buildings and leaving only dark-gray sludge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
His name tore out of me, sharp on the cold air.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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Her friend and posthumous editor, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, recalled that hers seemed a “poetry torn up by the roots.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In went the torn sourdough, which I thoroughly dunked in the custard, followed by crisped bacon, a small drizzle of bacon fat — sue me — cheddar, roasted peppers and minced onion.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
“The family was not torn apart. She took a break, and in the end made a home for us in Paris, where we all landed when the war was raging.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The second appears much later, hundreds to thousands of days after the star was initially torn apart.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
There’s also an empty plastic water bottle and torn food wrappers on the bedside table.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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