rips (out)

Definition of rips (out)next
present tense third-person singular of rip (out)

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Verb
  • Security snarls The TSA PreCheck line at terminal B in LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, on March 27, 2026.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Beyond the red tape that snarls any new apartment, condominiums confront an additional hurdle.
    M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • While Heinrich ponders the misfiring neurons in the brain of a mass shooter, Jack’s pursuit of Mink—a character whose skin color and ambiguous ethnicity Jack remarks on repeatedly—leads him directly into the urban teeth of the War on Drugs.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
  • That’s a serious concern, but that’s an argument for smart fiscal reform, not for treating Powell’s Harvard remarks as a five-alarm fire.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • After Juancho leaves the house, everyone comments on his physical appearance.
    Xitlalic Montelongo, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
  • While noirs, of course, critique the crumbling American Dream, Rivera slyly comments on politics.
    Sammy Loren, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • To this day, people come up to him and quote phrases his character used to utter.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In essence, the Iowa and West Virginia sports cases ask the court to rule whether a transgender girl – a person assigned male at birth who has transitioned to align with their identity as a girl or woman, as the AP Stylebook phrases it – is a girl or a boy.
    Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Christine Adams Courtesy of Apple TV Lang gets off the train and, once at a safe distance, detonates the explosive.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
  • As their mission approaches, they will be flown to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but when their mission actually gets off the ground is completely dependent on how Artemis 2 and SLS fare in their upcoming test campaign.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Molina-Mulcahy additionally shouts out color as a major sunglasses trend for 2026.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Patientce Foster, her long-time creative director, shouts in approval.
    Jazmine Hughes, Allure, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • These are texts that hide their depth under a thick layer of flatulence jokes, loud guitars or Texas drawls.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Frenza whispers to herself, gazing at her reflection in the mirror with the bottle in her hand, raising a toast to her own intelligence and ironic wit, which are, in her opinion, her most powerful protections against the world.
    Agnieszka Szpila, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The linear texture and light-catching dimension evoke vintage elegance, resulting in a manicure that whispers old money.
    Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Rips (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rips%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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