tore
Example Sentences
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They tore off a 42-yard touchdown run they could hang in the Louvre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 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 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
Three successive hurricanes tore through the spine of Florida’s citrus belt and uprooted entire groves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
When the last turnip was gone, I tore open Gran’s mattress and started spinning the straw inside.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
