rip
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Homeowners have to rip up their whole bathroom or driveway if something goes wrong with their heated floors, Christian Perry, a Greenwich, Conn.-based real-estate agent, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Hearn previously told the BBC that he "didn't destroy, rip, tear, peel, or remove any part" of the paint in the pool.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Let Hollywood creatives get back to trying to rip each other’s heads off at the box office, in streaming, online and everywhere else we compete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The hurricane will bring heavy surf and strong rip currents along L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
“The trouble between us and the rest of Alke only started after that blasted rip appeared,” Brer muttered.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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“It rips out Prop. 103’s good‑driver protections and replaces your actual driving record with a black‑box score built on sweeping data collection,’’ Balber said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The episode’s signature moment comes in a soliloquy from Gen Z hero Ava Daniels, in which she rips into the idea that A.I. is inevitable and talks about how we can and should fight it.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
“It’s like realizing you don’t have the title to your home as the market rips higher, that your purchase was null and void.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
The loud screech of a Typhoon and F-35 jet rips through the night sky above RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
He sets it on the tabletop and rips the lid off, revealing a mess of fun-sized chocolates and heart-shaped lollipops and red-and-pink wrappers.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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The recent hacks involving OpenAI and Anthropic agents gone rogue sound like they’re ripped straight from a paper about omnicide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The discovery began with an exceptionally bright flare produced when a star wandered too close to a massive black hole and was ripped apart by its intense gravity.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
BBC reporter Mike Apps, who is at the scene, said: "The land in front of me has been completely scorched by the blaze that has ripped through here, still smouldering in some areas."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The blaze in Le Porge, just south of Medoc wine country, had ripped through 3,100 hectares -- an area four and a half times the size of Gibraltar -- since Wednesday, firefighters said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
He shoved two of the candy bars in his back pocket, ripped the third open with his teeth, and spit a piece of the torn wrapper onto the ground as they crossed the street.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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By comparison Uganda has had nine since 2000, with officials there saying lessons learnt from past tragedies have allowed them to stop the disease ripping through the country on various occasions.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Moments later, however, he promised the audience “we’ll do a little ripping if you don’t mind,” signaling a shift away from the night’s opening message of resilience.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
In southern France, a fire in the area of Ponteves northeast of the city of Marseille had stabilised on Thursday after ripping through 2,500 hectares and destroying 10 houses, officials said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
And we all can picture Brandi Chastain ripping off her top in her iconic celebration after scoring the game-winning penalty kick in the 1999 Women’s World Cup at the Rose Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
And when the police entered his house to arrest him, they found him sitting on the floor amidst mountains of candy, ripping off the wrappers with the blade of a long dagger.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
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