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ripped

[ript] / rɪpt /
















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It would have ripped apart the course’s manicured grass.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Then just as quickly as the stock ripped higher, it started to fall last week as Pentwater unloaded shares, with Avis’s stock losing 68% in just two trading days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Through the massive hole ripped open by the explosion, he could see "the sky."

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Experts were on the ground about 15 minutes later to confirm the reports and found trees ripped from their root systems and a barn with its roof freshly torn off.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

I ripped off the thread and crushed it to a tiny ball.

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