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tear

[teer] / tɪər /






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If you’re going to tear up the rule book on coastal development, doesn’t the public deserve an explanation, even if you’ve already got one foot out the door?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The Bejaia region saw devastating fires tear through forest and farmland three years ago when 30 people were killed.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

“They’ll have to tear down stores,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Trump responded relatively civilly, calling Ossoff a “Pee-wee Herman look-alike” before going on a tear about the ballroom’s virtues.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

She shot me a cautioning look, as if she sensed my urge to snatch it and tear it to shreds.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

He also has countless types of tare, the seasoning bases for ramen, none of which Yoo will discuss because these secret flavoring agents do most of the heavy lifting at noodle shops.

From Washington Post Oct. 26, 2020

Plate them with a small bowl of the remaining tare and serve with the smashed cucumber salad.

From Seattle Times Sep. 24, 2019

Skewers of duck meatballs à l’orange with tare, a soy-based yakitori sauce, is just one of a dozen yakitori-style options that anchor the menu.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2019

Each bag includes the tare weight to ensure you pay only for what you are buying.

From Slate May 7, 2018

Until Jade Dragon is no longer lonely and is reunited with at least one of her children, Fruitless Mountain will remain tare.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin

Eastern Belgium has become Europe's most urgent fire front, with a vast blaze tearing through the High Fens nature reserve for the past four days.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

The researchers speculate that the signal could come from a "stream" of material released by the star's core while the black hole's immense gravity was tearing it apart.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

In a video posted on the party's X account on Thursday, he said: "Across the country, wildfires are tearing through our countryside."

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

“I’m holding space for people’s pain, but also we’re able to hold on to the hope that our faith gives us, that’s strengthening us,” she said, tearing up.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Maybe the next time a bad mood storm hits, we’ll find a way to come together instead of tearing each other apart.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

The great fire of August 1949, the biggest ever recorded in France, tore through much of the same terrain that burned this summer.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

Instead, many pilgrims were caught in deadly floods that tore through the Nepal-Tibet region, wiping out entire villages.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Floodwaters tore through towns and villages and engulfed Gyirong Port, the major land crossing between China and Nepal, in a wall of water and mud.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Nineteen houses were destroyed and more than a dozen others damaged after the blaze tore through dry grass as the UK recorded its hottest day of the year on 13 August.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

He was way ahead of me when we tore out down a game trail.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

And he ordered the East Wing torn down in October to make room of his larger ballroom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

And old rent-stabilized properties are getting torn down for development projects, shrinking the pool of such apartments.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

"The case has torn his scars open again. He is a broken man," his lawyers are quoted as saying by AFP.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Nuuk and Copenhagen are also shedding light on several other painful chapters from the past, including children adopted without parental consent or torn from their families.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

He kicked aside her sandals and her torn sneakers on the closet floor.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry




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