rip

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Sarah paid $15,000 to rip out the chain-link fence separating the Healing Arts center and Quirky, which had been cut into repeatedly, and replace it with 80 feet of reinforcement.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

We carried the empty paper bag home with us on the plane, taking care not to rip it, and then pasted it into in our scrapbook.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“We needed to rip it up and start again,” Straus said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

He said the government will not hesitate to act if companies "fleece customers or rip them off" with "unfair" heating oil prices.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Sigurd grunted, and then his axe came out of the tree’s trunk with a wet rip.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack