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rips

  • present tense form of rip (3rd person singular).

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Long a lethal baseliner—no one rips it better—he’s added angles, texture and touch to make his game less predictable.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

The episode’s signature moment comes in a soliloquy from Gen Z hero Ava Daniels, in which she rips into the idea that A.I. is inevitable and talks about how we can and should fight it.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2026

"It rips any sense of future that you may feel that you had planned for yourself - all that goes."

From BBC May 22, 2026

Courtney rips the IV from her arm and escapes, barefoot and in a hospital gown.

From Salon Mar. 24, 2026

Leah rips up a paper straw wrapper, and they’re both holding giant Styrofoam cups of sweet tea from Chick-fil-A.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli