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ribboned

verb

past tense of ribbon

as in tore

to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind

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Then Parsons tore his right ACL and suffered meniscus damage in a Week 15 loss at Denver.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Linebacker Micah Parsons tore an ACL and meniscus in Week 15 and continues his recovery, but is expected to open camp on the PUP list.

— Mike Jones, New York Times, 27 July 2026

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As soon as the duo walked out the door, all script pages that featured the Kardashian scene were ripped away and thrown in a trash can.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
Krinks has seen more security cameras installed around public parks and benches ripped out of the ground in downtown Nashville.

— Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 21 July 2026

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The case dates to January 2017, when prosecutors say Chanel’s local operation routinely shredded 10,000 to 20,000 outdated or unsold items every six months.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 23 July 2026
That is, until a star gets too close and is shredded in an incredibly bright TDE that can outshine the combined light of every star in the supermassive black hole's host galaxy.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 July 2026

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