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The Rebels now play in the Mountain West Conference, which will soon lose Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State and Utah State to the rebuilt Pac-12, which was torn to shreds by its legacy schools bolting to the Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC.
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David K. Li, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024
The Snake and the Wasp, by John Vernon Lord © The artist
Wretched death permeates the fables, which see animals torn to shreds, drowned, smothered, choked, savaged, and gobbled up.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
The other side of that coin is that a person might mentally rip themselves to shreds.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
In addition, the formulas regarding the characteristics of wind turbines show that at high speeds any turbine trying to generate power instead of simply feathering to survive would very quickly rip itself to shreds.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2024
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David K. Li, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024
The Snake and the Wasp, by John Vernon Lord © The artist
Wretched death permeates the fables, which see animals torn to shreds, drowned, smothered, choked, savaged, and gobbled up.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
The other side of that coin is that a person might mentally rip themselves to shreds.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
In addition, the formulas regarding the characteristics of wind turbines show that at high speeds any turbine trying to generate power instead of simply feathering to survive would very quickly rip itself to shreds.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2024
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“To shreds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20shreds. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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