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shredding

verb

present participle of shred

as in ripping

to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it shredded some cooked chicken for the soup

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Recent Examples of shredding English rock and blues guitarist is still shredding and releasing new music at age 81. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026 While conditions favor some development, the system is also expected to encounter storm-shredding upper-level winds, the hurricane center said. — Richard Tribou, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026 But mass-market retailers also do this because their high-volume, low-margin business models make processing ecommerce returns and storing past-season inventory more expensive than shredding the surplus. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 23 July 2026 That’s when an EF5 tornado tore through the metropolis of some 50,000 people, shredding a path several miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide. — Stephanie Hanes, Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 2026 Soon afterward, social media commenters were speculating about whether Sierra broke into the office or was caught clandestinely shredding documents. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026 Sized somewhere between the tiniest holes and the largest ones, this side of the grater is perfect for shredding carrots. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 9 July 2026 Early in the second half a Bosnian player stomped on Malik Tillman, shredding his boot and cutting his right foot (but not drawing a red card). — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 Instead of allowing for greater focus, the latest AI tools are overwhelming workers, frazzling minds and shredding attention spans. — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026

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Koloffon started the scoring for the Vikings in the ninth minute, taking a pass from Marquez and ripping in a hard shot from 15 yards.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
The travel stocks have been ripping for three years while this one mostly sat the party out.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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Thompson, who is preparing for his 14th NBA season, is a different player at this point of his NBA career after tearing his ACL in 2019 and then rupturing his Achilles in 2020.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Those include a major makeover for the first floor, including tearing out the stage to make space for a brewery.

— Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026

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