torn-up
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As a result, entire streets remain lined by shattered houses with yards covered by heaps of the city’s famous red bricks and torn-up trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
“I spoke with President Erdogan, who is very friendly with him. He feels he’s got a shot of doing a good job. It’s a torn-up country.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
The pace of construction has picked up dramatically in the past few years, which drivers can see in snarled traffic and torn-up roadways.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
But their efforts have been stymied by torn-up roads and continuing tremors.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2022
She gave them the dough and also some torn-up pieces of cloth that would become the kite’s tail.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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