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The local emergency response to the July Fourth flooding was heavily scrutinized by the community, who alleged local officials were unprepared for the weather event that ripped the rolling countryside to shreds.
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Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
The small blade, meanwhile, handles more delicate sampler bags without tearing them to shreds.
—New Atlas, 16 Nov. 2025
The resulting anger is aimed at far more than those eight senators, though their deal to reopen the government is getting torn to shreds by the rest of the party.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
At the outset of the novel, fellowship within the house of Karamazov has been torn to shreds.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
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Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
The small blade, meanwhile, handles more delicate sampler bags without tearing them to shreds.
—New Atlas, 16 Nov. 2025
The resulting anger is aimed at far more than those eight senators, though their deal to reopen the government is getting torn to shreds by the rest of the party.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
At the outset of the novel, fellowship within the house of Karamazov has been torn to shreds.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
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“To shreds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20shreds. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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