rips (out)

present tense third-person singular of rip (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rips (out)
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
  • Trump has also continued to claim Democrats are trying to rig or cheat in the upcoming election, remarks that have faced rebukes from members of his own party.
    Ana Ceballos Follow, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Attendees seemed keen to squeeze as much networking as possible out of the gala, often chatting with their associates and neighbors during speakers’ remarks.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • The former season-24 Bachelor lead, Peter Weber, or Pilot Pete to the initiated, took to the Instagram comments under The Viall Files to address his relationship with his then–Bachelor producer Julie LaPlaca.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 1 July 2026
  • Thomas comments with three lovestruck emojis, and Kerstin replies with two.
    William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Like many workplace phrases, its meaning depends on context, relationship and power.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Because Survivor 42 followed the same format with all the exact same twists from Survivor 41—Prisoner's Dilemma, goofy phrases, Hourglass twist, Shot in the Dark, Do or Die—along with many of the same challenges, the entire season often felt like a rerun.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • Woollen gets off some crisp one-liners.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • In the final moment of Half Man, Ruben gets off of Niall, and sits on a bale of hay.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • If a street preacher shouts their sermon into a bullhorn on a public street, and a nearby business owner calls the police, who is in the right?
    Emily Holshouser July 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
  • Sirens, horns, and shouts to evacuate rang out in the West Bottoms and along Southwest Boulevard all morning, but the speed of the flooding still caught everyone off guard.
    Kansas City Public Library staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 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
  • This week's quiz highlights cruise controversies, wedding whispers — and much more.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026
  • Adam pushes Agathe down onto the bed and whispers a secret name in her ear.
    Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 17 June 2026
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“Rips (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rips%20%28out%29. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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