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ripper

[rip-er] / ˈrɪp ər /


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“Any good news at all and there are so many out there way off sides to a ripper of a rally,” Detrick said.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026

Three overs later, Latham missed a sweep to be lbw to Root and when Leach produced a ripper that turned past Will Young's defensive stroke, New Zealand were three down still 59 adrift.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2023

The objects there are built on an Alice in Wonderland scale: tomato-shaped pincushions as big as chairs, a gargantuan seam ripper in royal blue, bobbins a giant could use.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2021

When they opened for Death Cab at the fabled club a year later, they brought up blues ripper Brett Benton to play one of his songs.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2021

When I offered to help, she raised an eyebrow—she had no idea I could sew—but handed me a coat, a diamond choker, a seam ripper, and a needle.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

"You think bodice rippers, contemporary things, fantasy. It covers a broad spectrum. So it's not maybe as niche as you think initially."

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

They were accompanied by vocal virtuosos Lucius and blues-rock rippers Judith Hill and Eric Krasno, each fixtures in the local music community trying to rebuild itself in the wake of the Eaton fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

The 10-song set of vintage Foos anthems is their finest album in years, the stadium-ready rippers carrying a renewed sense of urgency following Hawkins’ death last year.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

They all blur the lines between women’s and literary-leaning commercial fiction, departing from the fantasy spaces of bodice rippers and misty moors to depict a world that looks a lot more like, well, our own.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2023

By Jove!" he said, "they're rippers for looks, and they should fly a bit, I'm thinking.

From The Way of a Man by Emerson Hough




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