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
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
“Pavlov’s bulls came out in full force yesterday, ripping stocks at bad levels on the worn-out idea that geopolitics is always a fade,” said Brent Donnelly, president of Spectra Markets, in commentary shared with MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Mom and Dad don’t even bother unwrapping their sandwiches or ripping open bags of chips.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.