torn
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The 65-year-old said she "gave it her all" during the election campaign, and had helped by putting up posters -- and by rehanging those that were torn down.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Hunks of sourdough or Texas toast, torn cornbread muffins or classic white sandwich bread, Hawaiian rolls or challah: all solid choices.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
And old rent-stabilized properties are getting torn down for development projects, shrinking the number available.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Political leaders are torn by competing pressures from the timber industry, firefighter unions, businesses and a public stunned by the scale of the threat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The Bible that Nollie had smuggled to her she had torn up and passed around, book by book.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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