rip off
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They didn’t need their star to rip off a 27-19 run to finish the quarter and take a commanding 13-point lead into the fourth.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
And don’t discount that Chinese chip makers will figure out how to rip off Nvidia’s technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
"More than three quarters of football ticket scams last season started on social media, with what seem like genuine 'first come, first served' offers all too often designed to rip off desperate fans."
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
“Office Space” falls apart in its third act when the trio clumsily conspires to rip off Initech.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2024
A block away, I retrieve the napkin from my pocket, rip off my message, and place it on my tongue.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
I had always heard that annuities were bad, a rip-off, and something to avoid.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
The imagery is everywhere in town; recent grad Sam Geller recalls playing a Lenox-themed Monopoly rip-off at the community center growing up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Speaking in the House of Commons, Derby North MP Catherine Atkinson described Excel Parking's charges in relation to its five-minute payment rule as a "five-minute rip-off charge".
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
That seems downright quaint now; the rip-off they are effecting is at such a bigger scale, and we hardly have time to pay attention to it.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025
I did the best I could to rub him and the rip-off out of my mind by returning to my original plan.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
