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Recent Examples of tearaway
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.
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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
Timbers makes sure there’s almost always something to catch your eye; the actors always seem to be entering the dance floor suddenly and from unexpected angles, wearing costumes by Clint Ramos that always seem to come with show-stopping tearaway reveals.
—Vulture, 20 July 2023
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
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
In the series, the novel tearaway pants concept for the strippers is the brainchild of designer and superfan Denise (Juliette Lewis).
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
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
Timbers makes sure there’s almost always something to catch your eye; the actors always seem to be entering the dance floor suddenly and from unexpected angles, wearing costumes by Clint Ramos that always seem to come with show-stopping tearaway reveals.
—Vulture, 20 July 2023
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
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
In the series, the novel tearaway pants concept for the strippers is the brainchild of designer and superfan Denise (Juliette Lewis).
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tearaway
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Sir Jimmy Crystal gives deeply unsettling vibes from the get-go, and while his bizarre gang of hoodlums do save Spike’s life, it’s implied that Spike may have wandered into a much worse situation.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Critics say police gave up when the rioting erupted in 1992, letting big chunks of the city burn while looters and hoodlums ruled.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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Gallagher has previously apologized for a homophobic tweet about Russian soccer hooligans, for posting a death threat to an Atletico Madrid player, and for insulting Coldplay, and has deleted other posts over the years, including one containing an ableist slur.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
4 July 2025
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Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister, had already run out of patience with the football authorities for not doing more to control the hooligans.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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Alfredo’s lifelong business partner and small-time gangster Annibale (Marco Giallini) even sees it as his chance to ask Lorella on a date.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 July 2025
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Where to watch: Tubi 'Sinners' Ryan Coogler's sinfully good period musical gangster vampire horror flick is one of the best movies of the year, period.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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According to reporting from the Clermont Sun, Fike tweeted ‘#thug the new n word’ in April 2015 and ‘Thug life = thug treatment = no pity from me’ in July 2019.—
James Wilkins,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 July 2025
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These scenes evoke images of government thugs in violent regimes disappearing opponents.—
Christy Lopez Guest,
Mercury News,
5 July 2025
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The most nail-biting scene in the movie involves not a local tough but Claire, desperate in withdrawal, threatening to kidnap and kill the family dog if Kate doesn’t give her some money.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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Williams is already Beale Street jerky tough and looks like a plug-and-play 3-and-D wing.—
Kelly Iko,
The Athletic,
11 Apr. 2024
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Additional violations included grease accumulation on the exhaust hood, behind cooking equipment and near the water heater.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
3 July 2025
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Sitting inside were two figures in white, pointed hoods.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Set in the oil boomtowns of West Texas, ‘Landman’ uses Thornton’s character, crisis manager Tommy Norris, as the anchor for an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling an industry that shapes the world’s climate, economy, and politics.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
16 May 2025
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But watching a group of roughnecks on a rig in grubby overalls moving huge, long steel pipes, Dugan's smile begins to fade to a smirk.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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Friends and neighbors worried that these rumors could attract dangerous young ruffians who might harm them and steal the money.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
15 Dec. 2024
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Troy Stecher is a puck-mover with some two-way ability but is not considered a ruffian in the corners and in front of the net.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
9 Aug. 2024
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“Tearaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tearaway. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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