cut one

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Samar shares the popular view that for every senior official "they've reportedly assigned three to seven successors. Like a hydra - you cut one head off, another grows back. They won't surrender any time soon."

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Instead of always cutting the same location, those Cas9 proteins would sometimes make their cut one or two bases further along the DNA sequence.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2025

Boss Elon Musk said the firm would cut one in ten jobs, as it faces strong competition from less expensive rivals.

From BBC • May 1, 2024

“You cut one, five will grow,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2024

Mama and Doc sang “Happy Birthday” to us and Doc cut one huge slice and put it on a plate between me and Jay.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce