torn
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His legacy was torn asunder by the Great Depression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
“Diana, this MRI shows your medial meniscus is torn and that your ACL is severed,” Mandelbaum said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
"They've torn down every house around me, I don't really have any neighbours," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
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
Never had she felt her monster so close, so raw and angry that it seemed remarkable that it hadn’t simply torn through her flesh and attacked on its own accord.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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