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  • present participle of rip.
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ripping

[rip-ing] / ˈrɪp ɪŋ /


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"You can hear them ripping up the road," she says.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Some vineyards have been ripping out prized grapes as they sit on unsold bottles.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

That’s when you can think about ripping off the bandage and converting funds to Roth with an eye to the tax rate of the next generation.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

"And that's not just writers who continually return to the Greeks and Romans -- the history, the myths, the characters, the events -- that's also readers. These are ripping good yarns."

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Dag, I’m thinking, it wasn’t like Char was ripping out the sink.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake



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