tear
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ICE agents then deployed tear gas into the home and took the men and their partners into custody, according to the documents and other court records.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
If you’re going to tear up the rule book on coastal development, doesn’t the public deserve an explanation, even if you’ve already got one foot out the door?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Bejaia region saw devastating fires tear through forest and farmland three years ago when 30 people were killed.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Refusing to tear my clothes and smear ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence is … not the same as violence,” Attiah said in another post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Jeremy looked at the collection of material— the box, the bag and the scroll —and wondered if he should add Tiamat's tear.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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
Brush both sides of each skewer with some of the reserved tare.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2019
Each bag includes the tare weight to ensure you pay only for what you are buying.
From Slate ● May 7, 2018
Plus, the sauce they’re served atop — a thick Japanese tare — is enhanced by the unctuous filling that spills out.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2017
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
Both are hungry and tearing up minor-league pitching.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Eastern Belgium has become Europe's most urgent fire front, with a vast blaze tearing through the High Fens nature reserve for the past four days.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The researchers speculate that the signal could come from a "stream" of material released by the star's core while the black hole's immense gravity was tearing it apart.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
In the Druids Heath area of the city, a blaze also broke out, with video showing flames tearing through a row of houses.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Coupled with that, tree limbs I couldn’t see hit at me as we passed, almost tearing me off the back of the rig.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Floods tore through mountain districts, destroying roads, bridges and multiple hydropower dams that day.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Gyirong was one of the places devastated by the floods that tore through the region on 26 August.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Floodwaters tore through towns and villages and engulfed Gyirong Port, the major land crossing between China and Nepal, in a wall of water and mud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Hours after the disaster tore through the border region with Tibet, some 403 visitors, including 341 foreign nationals, were still unaccounted for, according to the ministry of culture, tourism and civil aviation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
This task finally tore Penelope’s mind away from her ruminations about how many degrees of dead there might be, and back to the bright, cozy nursery and the extremely lively children who lived there.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
That came with Leonard in street clothes, nursing a torn anterior cruciate ligament, an injury the Clippers kept secret until it was announced later that summer that their star player had surgery to repair it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Nuuk and Copenhagen are also shedding light on several other painful chapters from the past, including children adopted without parental consent or torn from their families.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
“It was so hard for us to find an old cottage for us to film at because they are all being torn down and these megamansions are being built everywhere,” Park said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
I have a full-time job, but now I’m torn about what to do next.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
He had torn things apart quite a bit—ripped one side off the burn enclosure—and I was having a bad day and it made me mad.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
