tear

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Bang & Olufsen Chief Executive Kristian Tear is stepping down with immediate effect as the Danish consumer-electronics company lowered the top end of its revenue guidance and announced preliminary earnings figures that missed expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Tear gas fired during demonstrations in Tehran accidentally drifted towards a hospital but did not target it deliberately, Iranian media reported late Tuesday.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

So while his set featured his rendition of the Grateful Dead’s “China Doll,” he also offered a stunning interpretation of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart.”

From Salon • May 27, 2025

They also include the ten-storey Tear of Grief monument, commemorating victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks, which stands in New Jersey.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

“There’s a map of the United States for giving the shipping rates. Tear out that map and bring it to school. We start geography tomorrow.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck