ripped
Example Sentences
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To launch it, they attached the plane to a Pontiac convertible and ripped across the nearby lake bed at 120 mph.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
"Like, in 1997, 100 cards were printed and 80 were ripped up and torn by kids playing," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Some homes were ripped off their foundations after an overnight rainstorm, said Ian Scheuring, a spokesman for the city and county of Honolulu.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
He ripped into them this week for refusing to help escort ships through the strait and warned they will face a “very bad future.”
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
It was possible to get ripped off by the big Wall Street firms in the stock market, but you really had to work at it.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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