rip (out)

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  1. word
  2. snarl
  3. comment
  4. remark
  5. formulate
  6. phrase
  7. lip
  8. mouth
Verb
  • In our current culture, you are supposed to word things via a humble brag.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The reason the Equity Assistance Fund has sat unfunded appears to stem from the way the charter amendment was worded.
    Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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Verb
  • Powerful storms could fuel travel chaos this week as heavy rains are forecast for the West Coast while in the Central and Eastern states brutal cold and precipitation could snarl traffic but provide smiles for millions dreaming of a white Christmas.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The harsh winds ripped traffic signal lights off of their support poles, blew down a lamp post in the Scotts Valley Target parking lot and knocked over electrical power poles, cutting off power and snarling traffic throughout the afternoon.
    Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of snarl
Verb
  • Surges confirmed the store's closure, but declined to comment further.
    Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The family’s attorney declined to comment on the ruling, as did county officials.
    Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of comment
Verb
  • Topline President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. should seek to gain control of Greenland for national security reasons and threatened to take over the Panama Canal by force, marking the latest in a series of controversial foreign policy remarks Trump has made about allied nations.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • However, an official from Governor Jay Inslee’s Office remarked at a meeting last week that the estimate was now around $14 billion.
    TJ Martinell | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of remark
Verb
  • It's formulated with benzoyl peroxide and boasts antimicrobial properties that clear zits and prevent future breakouts.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The eye masks are formulated with ingredients like hyaluronic acid and green tea extract to help moisturize and brighten under eyes.
    Isabel Garcia, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of formulate
Verb
  • However, Dylan has a way of phrasing himself in a way that can be teasingly hard to pin down.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Ultimately, the 2024 election presents us with the opportunity to pick a definitive side in America's roiling cold civil war, which this column has often phrased as that between the forces of civilizational sanity and the forces of civilizational arson.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of phrase
Verb
  • Swift is often closely watched at games, with people filming her every move, attempting to lip read her conversations and even noticing when her jewellery slips off.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Kim faced her own ups and downs, twice lipping out putts on her back nine to finish with a 74.
    Mark Anderson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
Definition of lip
Verb
  • Fike doesn’t mouth along to the songs, make distinct markers of when one ends and another begins, or even mention the titles of any of them.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Also present was Dmitri Shostakovich, who had come to New York at Stalin’s behest, in order to mouth propaganda at the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Definition of mouth
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