rip cord in a sentence

Once the 19th-ranked player in the world, Spadea began a free fall through the rankings without a rip cord two years ago.
And there are people who don't want to part of it, and are going to use their chute and rip cord ."
His right arm was paralyzed, and he couldn't pull the rip cord on his parachute until he reached over with his left arm.
Ripped is the term used when the rip cord attached to the control car is deliberately pulled to deflate panels sited on the airships.
She took the sad greens and pale yellows of parachute nylon, creating coats and jackets with the rip cords of parachutes running down the sleeves.

But I understand about ownership being able to pull the rip cord if they don't have the revenues or ( a new ) stadium ."
Buck and his instructor free-fell from 9, 000 feet for 1 minute 15 seconds before pulling the rip cord, then floated to earth for five minutes.
The borrowed parachute and gear had a rip cord on the leg, unlike her usual gear where the cord was on her back, Sanders told friends.
The pack tray has a yellow stripe along the rip cord protector flap and is made of nylon textile materials commonly used to make parachute systems.
His forehead may show the worry lines of 30 years of coaching, but it's encouraging to see that, so far, none of the lines are rip cords.

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