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In this aerial view, the domed roof at Tropicana Field, the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, is seen ripped to shreds from Hurricane Miltonís powerful winds in St. Petersburg.
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Contessa Brewer,jessica Golden, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
But for a movie defined by grief and loss, whose trailer promises to lift you up, tear you to shreds, then expel you from the theater a little more wizened to the way life giveth and then taketh away, this channeling of Tara Lipinski at death’s door ultimately works.
—Eliza Berman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Another apparent tornado touched down in Fort Myers, snapping tree limbs and tearing a gas station’s canopy to shreds.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
The latest: Powerful wind with gusts topping 100 mph tore to shreds the roof of Tropicana Field, where thousands of people were stationed to support debris removal and post-storm response.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
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Contessa Brewer,jessica Golden, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
But for a movie defined by grief and loss, whose trailer promises to lift you up, tear you to shreds, then expel you from the theater a little more wizened to the way life giveth and then taketh away, this channeling of Tara Lipinski at death’s door ultimately works.
—Eliza Berman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Another apparent tornado touched down in Fort Myers, snapping tree limbs and tearing a gas station’s canopy to shreds.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
The latest: Powerful wind with gusts topping 100 mph tore to shreds the roof of Tropicana Field, where thousands of people were stationed to support debris removal and post-storm response.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
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“To shreds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20shreds. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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