Sentence examples for had a rip from inspiring English sources

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"Like, I noticed one of the T-shirts had a rip on the side, so there's that edginess there".

A doctor I know told me he once bought a coat at a small men's boutique only to discover that it had a rip in the fabric.

In a Daily Comment last week, George Packer had a rip at the reporters covering the Republican primaries, lamenting that they no longer cover real issues but merely treat politics as light entertainment.

When it was pointed out that a reporter's pocket had a rip, Mr. Adler said, "Why didn't you tell me?" The reporter promised to return with other items that need mending.

Nick Xenophon, who has called for a "modest" temporary levy on milk to go directly back to farmers, said Joyce's delayed reaction on $1 milk had a Rip Van Winkle feel to it.

Henry J. Aaron, a health economist at the Brookings Institution, said that when he heard the industry's promises on Monday, "I had a Rip van Winkle moment, as if I had fallen asleep in 1977 and woke up again this morning".

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JOE SHARKEY In the early 20th century, well before federal regulation of aviation, barnstormers -- freelance daredevils who learned to fly by the seat of their pants or in World War I -- had a rip-roaring style.

And even though the movie had a rip-off of the Creature from the Black Lagoon as one of its central characters, Jones didn't find that to be its most unrealistic aspect.

The fictional scenario on which they were to play out their war game had a ripped-from-the-headlines quality to it.

The jeans Gemma: Rather embarrassingly, Carol has a rip in her jeans.

"He's gone to Ipswich and he's having a rip roaring time.

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