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Rips are strong currents running out to sea which can quickly drag people from the shallows of the shoreline and out to deeper water.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

"It is illegal and it shouldn't be happening," said Eve Rips, a former Loyola University ChildLaw Clinic fellow who has studied Illinois' 2018 truancy law.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2022

Rips are strong currents running out to sea, which can quickly drag people out to deeper water.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2021

To this day, his taxidermied body lies in state in a wood-and-velvet casket at the courthouse in Eastland, where there’s an annual Rips Ribs Cookoff and RipFest parade.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2021

In all the old shoes I have seen, made about the time of the American Revolution, the maker's name is within and this legend, "Rips mended free."

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse