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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

To cook a meal, Nabil lights a fire on the bare staircase, stoking it carefully with pieces of torn-up cardboard.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

Crumpled mattresses and twisted bed frames; torn-up couches leaking crumbly foam; halves of tables and broken bookshelves piled high among busted office chairs and abandoned dressers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023

Beside the legal pad is a biography of the author, a thick book called Divided Soul, the pages marked by numerous scraps of torn-up paper.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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