tear away
Britishverb
noun
Example Sentences
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Historically, warrantless subpoenas under these laws were used as a narrow investigative tool for specific customs and regulatory violations, not as a weapon to tear away the privacy and protected speech of social media users.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026
Dressed head to toe in black she looks tough, but she fiddles with her studded choker nervously and wipes a mascara-stained tear away from her cheek.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
Palm fronds can tear away and tumble toward pedestrians below; in the best-case scenario, when the frond doesn’t hit anyone or a car, it becomes litter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2021
Or the bottom of a dinghy would simply tear away and all the passengers would be cast into the water.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2016
It tortured him at sundown to tear away from the pageant before him, the mesmerizing dance between commerce and desire.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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