strip
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"Simplified models can inadvertently strip away the very stabilizing effect we want to capture."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The resemblance might have ended there, except Kennedy recently told an interviewer that he eats beef twice a day, generally grass-fed strip steak.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
They have happened in places near the strip of territory that is occupied by Israeli troops, and large numbers of residents have again been fleeing those areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
For more than seven decades, she helped millions strip away the veils of hierarchy, patriarchy and all the stories spun about gendered expectations to confront the actual experience of women’s lives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
That’s what they call the wide strip of dirt that goes straight down the middle of Sassafras Springs.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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Reform officially suspended Lowe and stripped him of his party responsibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
In his suit, Filippi claims that Metrolink routinely replaces broken equipment with used parts from other trains, raising safety risks and putting stripped trains out of commission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
He said: "They stripped all the cushions off the sunbeds and laid them in the conference room. I dare say there were about 80 of us on the floor."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Harry's grandmother Queen Elizabeth stripped them of their "Royal Highness" titles, police protection and public funding when they quit royal duties in 2020.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
It’s as if the house has been stripped of all those little things that made it a home.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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Forget the fines and suspensions, most hurtful to fans is the league stripping the Clippers of five first-round draft picks, from 2029 through 2033.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
In an interview with MarketWatch, Palfrey pointed out that S&P 500 earnings per share jumped 55% in the second quarter, or a still-impressive 35% when stripping out unrealized gains.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Zac is non-verbal and his mum said his behaviour can be extremely challenging, including stripping off his clothes and running away when they are out.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The findings suggest that drugs designed to target HSF1 could potentially reduce the thickness of the glycocalyx, stripping away some of the protection that allows cancer cells to avoid immune surveillance.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
I had Old Pru nearly empty and began stripping her teats to get the last drops of milk out, as if I’d forgotten all about what Sam was saying.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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Trained to no regular business, stript of all external dependence, he saw before him but a dark and misty wilderness, through which he must grope his way as he best could.
From I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success by Azel Stevens Roe
We say now, if any one had stolen his corpse, he would not have stript him, for theft loves no delay.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric
Though thou sufferest me to be stript of all outward ornaments, yet preserve me ever in those enjoyments wherein I may enjoy thy self; and which cannot be taken from me against my will.
From Eikon Basilike The Pourtracture of His Sacred Majestie, in His Solitudes and Sufferings by King of England Charles I
What has stript the seeming beauty From the idols of the earth?
From The Lord of Glory Meditations on the person, the work and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ by Arno Clemens Gaebelein
One of those Who, stript of all, by an oppressing world, Now make reprisals: if my looks be dark, They best explain my purpose.
From The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts by George Colman
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