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
The prime minister added that he was "absolutely determined to clamp down on anybody who might think of ripping others off".
From BBC • Mar. 16, 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 go back to ripping the suspension notice into tinier and tinier pieces.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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