torn-up
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There are precedents for skiing with a torn-up knee, including in Vonn’s own history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
I tore through half a bottle in a week—drizzling it over salads, spooning it onto seafood, and, of course, dunking torn-up hunks of crusty French bread.
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025
Here’s the key: Midway through their final game, team members reassemble a torn-up sign Ted had created that reads “Believe.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023
But their efforts have been stymied by torn-up roads and continuing tremors.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2022
He was wearing clothes the police had scrounged up for him at the station, this torn-up wifebeater that was way too small, pants so short on him they looked like capris.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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