tearing
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The administration also claims that “severe structural deterioration” could require tearing down the building, citing an incident in which a chunk of ceiling collapsed during a recent storm.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
"In one of the experiments we present, a machine learning model predicts the tearing mode about 200 milliseconds in advance, so the plasma can be changed to avoid it in the first place."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Even though Goth Babe’s songs aren’t getting played heavily on the radio or tearing up the charts, they still earned more than 100 million streams last year, according to the data company Luminate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Both are hungry and tearing up minor-league pitching.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Nyame asks Nansi without tearing his gaze away from me.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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