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Recent Examples of tearaway
Jane Wickline’s character reveals her own tearaway outfit for a nice button to the sketch.
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Rima Parikh, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2026
Alexia and her partner, Chris, who only shared their first names, are preparing to marry in October, and sent out wedding invitations to friends and family earlier this year, with a tearaway RSVP card and pre-stamped envelopes.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Folding cardboard kiosks in employee breakrooms with a tearaway pad to submit ideas to corporate.
—Elizabeth Baskin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Lululemon Women’s Tear-away Mid-rise Track Pants $128 $69 at Lululemon
I was born in 1989 and fondly remember when tearaways were all the rage in the late ‘90s.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2024
Special Features: Some features such as zip pockets, linings (compression or not), perforated details, drawstring gadgets, and tearaway tags are useful.
—Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2023
The troupe’s costumer, Denise (Juliette Lewis), smooths out the act’s kinks by supplying tearaway pants.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
As for the origin of the tearaway pants, also used by NBA players to instantly bypass shoes for pants removal, that's not clear.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
Rima Parikh, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2026
Alexia and her partner, Chris, who only shared their first names, are preparing to marry in October, and sent out wedding invitations to friends and family earlier this year, with a tearaway RSVP card and pre-stamped envelopes.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Folding cardboard kiosks in employee breakrooms with a tearaway pad to submit ideas to corporate.
—Elizabeth Baskin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Lululemon Women’s Tear-away Mid-rise Track Pants $128 $69 at Lululemon
I was born in 1989 and fondly remember when tearaways were all the rage in the late ‘90s.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2024
Special Features: Some features such as zip pockets, linings (compression or not), perforated details, drawstring gadgets, and tearaway tags are useful.
—Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2023
The troupe’s costumer, Denise (Juliette Lewis), smooths out the act’s kinks by supplying tearaway pants.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
As for the origin of the tearaway pants, also used by NBA players to instantly bypass shoes for pants removal, that's not clear.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tearaway
Noun
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The Knesset recently legalized the death penalty for Arabs who murder Jews, but not for the hoodlum Israeli settlers who have been killing West Bank residents to seize their land.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Apr. 2026
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The first pictures McCullin took were of hoodlums and down-and-outs, subjects that reflected his own hardscrabble background.—
Andrew Pulver,
Air Mail,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But Bruce stands apart from his fellow hooligans.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Passengers could only stare out the windows as about a dozen hooligans jumped atop the bus while others sprayed it with graffiti, including on the bus' windshield.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Magana’s wife, who was inside at the time, said the exchange sounded like a gangster movie.—
Eleanor Nash
Updated May 3,
Kansas City Star,
3 May 2026
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Cogan made a similar decision in 2011, disqualifying him from representing Colombo gangster Dino Saracino — who was acquitted of the murder of off-duty NYPD cop Ralph Dols but convicted of racketeering.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cabello, once Maduro's chief thug, can now be seen sitting across from high level Trump officials in meetings discussing business deals.—
Margaret Brennan,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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He’s beaten by thugs with a crowbar for an unfortunate outburst, exploited by neighbors in the council estate and arrested, all because people don’t understand Tourette syndrome.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Bookie & The Bruiser is set in 1959 New York City and features a pensive Jewish fellow named Rivner (James) and an oversized Italian-American tough named Boscolo (Vaughn).—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
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The gangland drama is deeper and darker than the domestic one, strengthened by the unexpected portrayal of the Russian toughs as bumbling in their own way.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Small tips, like the cut of hoods, or the excess arm space runners need in order to move, showed students how intricate even the simplest of pieces needed to be.—
Kaio Cesar,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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The victim jumped on the hood of Rone’s car, who turned right out of his driveway and began going about 20 to 30 mph on the street, the court record says.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The show focuses on roughnecks and billionaires in West Texas who are trying to get rich as the oil industry continues to take over the state.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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Zeus did not approve of his daughter fooling around with this mortal roughneck hunter and put out a hit on Orion.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The series has lent a cinematic gangster attraction to the Peaky Blinders, yet the term itself was not one gang — as depicted in the show — but a generic expression from the late 19th century for the ‘street ruffians’ of Birmingham, born out of the city’s ring of poverty.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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In fact, the GTW ruffians have to give the Big Honey some props for his relative restraint in the heat of the moment.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Tearaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tearaway. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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