tears down
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It’s the softness that falls across Clooney’s face in this scene that tears down the wall between Jay Kelly and George Clooney.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2025
"I didn’t want to be someone who tears down this girl for something that was a mistake," Kelley says, adding she feels "responsible for giving exposure".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
The club will have to remove all of them by July 1 as the university tears down, rebuilds and repairs the docks.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
“Just when we think we have a nice clean little county, then up pops a story in one of the big town papers which tears down our almost perfect crime record,” the front-page article proclaims.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2023
Instead of words, what tumbled out of her was a sob, then another, and tears down her face.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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