rip

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There’s also the risk that companies will rip out their existing software vendors in favor of such AI competition.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

A surfer who used a floating technique to survive after he and his brother got caught in a rip current is fronting a national safety campaign in the hope of saving lives.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

As Hull are preparing to take on Southampton, it would be unfair to give them just 72 hours to rip up their plans and start again for a game against Middlesbrough.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

“You don’t want to come rip a street up twice.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

I felt it now, all inside of me, as if just saying my name out loud had unleashed a force and it was wrapping around the tangles, ready to rip them apart.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff