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• British hip-hop is on a tear right now – both at home and further afield.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 July 2023
• Juhász was on a tear to start the afternoon, scoring 10 of UConn’s first 17 points.
  — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023
• Center Le Roux Malan has been on a tear, scoring at least once in each of the last two games.
  — Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• There are several signs that the market is, at least for now, on a tear.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 18 June 2023
• The stock market is on a tear, and investors face a tricky question: Will the rally last?
  — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• After missing four games with a hand injury, Sarvis has been on a tear.
  — Paul Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 6 Jan. 2022
• Even before his party learns its midterm fate, the ex-president is on a tear.
  — Byrick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2022
• The stock has been on a tear lately, soaring 40% since the start of June and setting a new record for the number of consecutive days in the green.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 20 July 2023
• The Morehead State transfer has been on a tear of late, scoring in double figures in each of Auburn’s last nine games.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 9 Jan. 2023
• Messi has been on a tear, providing highlight plays with eight goals scored in five games.
  — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
• Second baseman Marcus Semien — on a tear since the start of the Houston series — went 2 for 3 with two runs scored and two driven in.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2023
• Tesla’s woes are on a tear but that doesn’t mean the world’s most valuable automaker is stopping.
  — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
• And more people than ever are in Antarctica because tourism is on a tear.
  — Sara Clemence, The Atlantic, 3 July 2023
• After a strong winter for Licey of the Dominican League, Andujar has opened camp on a tear.
  — Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
• Shares of megacap tech companies have been on a tear this year, with Nvidia’s stock more than tripling and Tesla’s more than doubling.
  — WSJ, 24 July 2023
• His successor, Love, is on a tear, with 21 touchdown passes and one interception in the past nine games.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
• An answer, too late Indiana did its best to atone for those first-half sins after the break, exiting the locker room on a tear that turned into a 17-7 run.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Jan. 2024
• The indexes had been on a tear since Fed Chair Jerome Powell opened the door to the possibility of lower interest rates.
  — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2023
• Sophomores Travis Bazzana and Garret Forrester enter the series on a tear, having combined for 11 hits in their last 16 at bats.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2023
• Still, Hollywood studios and streaming platforms have been on a tear with video game adaptations these past few years.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
• The job market has been on a tear for the last 18 months as companies shook off pandemic pauses and welcomed workers back into the office.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2023
• But Brownsburg can hit, too, and entered the championship game on a tear, having totaled 23 runs over its past two postseason games.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
• Top Indian actor and emerging producer Taapsee Pannu is on a tear with a welter of projects lined up.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
• Shares of Apple have been on a tear, as artificial intelligence hype and a flight to defensive mega-cap tech stocks have helped the stock soar nearly 46% this year.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 30 June 2023
• That’s because aggressive oil supply cuts in Saudi Arabia and Russia and deadly flooding in Libya have sent crude prices on a tear.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
• The Massachusetts economy has been on a tear over the past several months, but is the remarkable stretch of job growth reaching its limit?
  — Robert Gavin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• To control the highest inflation in decades, central bankers have been on a tear, raising their base policy rate from zero to more than 4 percent.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
• But the Lions ended last year on a tear, winning seven of their final nine games, finishing with a winning record and barely missing the playoffs.
  — Steve Kornacki, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2023
• Hybrids, meanwhile, have been on a tear, not just for Toyota but for other automakers as well, including Ford and Honda.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2024
• Cocoa prices have been on a tear for months, following torrential rains in the West African growing region that have led to a mounting production shortfall.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024