ripping
Example Sentences
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The chips and power supply OpenAI will be ripping away from Sora will be reapplied, its spokesmen have said, for things like coding and creating real-world physics engines for robots.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
By now, rumors were ripping through the neighborhood.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
But she warned this should not involve "ripping up a deal halfway through" for migrants who are contributing to the economy and the country.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Mero was installing it in the Arts District, police stopped her, concerned she was ripping out its copper wire.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
I pulled the bun off my sandwich and started ripping it into bite-size pieces.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.