rip
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"Stay away from beaches and coastal areas where rough surf and rip currents could sweep you away," it added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The fans goaded Kuniskis to rip a burnout, spinning the truck’s wheels in place until rubber turned into smoke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Once again, he said, the state was trying to rip away his good name and falsely brand him a killer.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
The National Weather Service has repeatedly warned of dangerous rip currents and elevated surf in recent weeks as multiple southerly swells battered the coastlines of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
I decide right then to rip off the Band-Aid.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Long a lethal baseliner—no one rips it better—he’s added angles, texture and touch to make his game less predictable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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 rips any sense of future that you may feel that you had planned for yourself - all that goes."
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Courtney rips the IV from her arm and escapes, barefoot and in a hospital gown.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
“I can’t believe that worked,” says Dylan as he rips open the envelope.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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A favorite spot for movie and TV filming, it has survived earthquakes, a notorious shooting and other natural disasters, But early Monday, a fire ripped through the district, destroying some of its most cherished landmarks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
In January, a fire ripped through the Gul Plaza shopping centre in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, killing 67 people.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
And with that veil ripped off, every emotion they didn’t let themselves feel, every word left unsaid, every last regret, all become instantly magnified, sprawling out before them on an endless road.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Streaks cover its heat shield, an indicator of the heat and forces that ripped across it as the vehicle powered back to Earth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Though he must have been terrified at being ripped from all that was familiar to him, his later description made it sound almost like an adventure.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Adas Rico Wojtulewicz-Richmond, the NFB's director of policy, said: "Is this scheme going to stop bad actors operating and ripping people off? I don't think it will."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Adding seat-back entertainment is a reversal for an airline that, less than a decade ago, was ripping screens off its planes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
That’s when you can think about ripping off the bandage and converting funds to Roth with an eye to the tax rate of the next generation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 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
Hurricane Katrina was ripping apart New Orleans, and eleven-year-old Barry Tucker was lost and alone, clinging to an oak tree for dear life.
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
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