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A woman who fired her housekeeper for leaving fast food wrappers in the otherwise empty trash has been ripped to shreds on social media.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Sorry to say those were generally ripped to shreds.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Reeling under Woolf’s gaze, the narrator writes out the racist passage on an index card and tears it to shreds.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
At the Pop-Tarts Bowl, a humanoid Pop-Tarts mascot danced on the field before it was ripped to shreds and eaten by the winning team in a moment that frightened and intrigued.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Sorry to say those were generally ripped to shreds.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Reeling under Woolf’s gaze, the narrator writes out the racist passage on an index card and tears it to shreds.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
At the Pop-Tarts Bowl, a humanoid Pop-Tarts mascot danced on the field before it was ripped to shreds and eaten by the winning team in a moment that frightened and intrigued.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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“To shreds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20shreds. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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