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However, with the nonchalant dance-funk of “Freedom! ’90” — a pedestal-detonating manifesto on which he announces “I don’t belong to you/And you don’t belong to me” — Michael takes pleasure in ripping up his playbook.

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"Our focus is on economic stability, fiscal responsibility, ripping up needless red tape, tearing out waste from our public services, driving forward reforms, and putting more money in working people's pockets," he added.

From BBC

Minutes before, Farage told his team he had wanted to rip up the conference schedule and deliver his main speech early, to react to Angela Rayner resigning as deputy prime minister and other roles.

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A Labour minister has warned Reform UK would "take Britain backwards" if the party ripped up the government's Brexit reset agreement with the European Union.

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Several Democrats instead ripped up the written agreements that they were required to sign for the police escort.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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