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Sporting a futuristic leather-textured suit, Lady Gaga can be seen working behind the counter, offering fried chicken to customers and restocking bottled tea in the video clip released on Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
She told the audience that after posting a simple video of herself breaking down a fish, the clip unexpectedly took off on Instagram.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Before the first ODI in Durham, England posted a clip on social media of Pietersen leading a batting session.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Nathan Hochman on Tuesday night pointed to the “Yukon” clip as proof that park conditions were improving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
“It was a clip from an interview with your mom.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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And an ABS review showed the fastball had clipped the top of the strike zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Police released body camera footage in April that captured the aftermath of the incident, showing the golfing legend after his vehicle clipped a truck and rolled over.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Woods was involved in a March 27 road accident in Florida in which his vehicle clipped a truck pulling a trailer and flipped on its side while attempting to pass on a residential road.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
There will be 10 athletes in Friday's final instead of nine, with Lithuanian athlete Gabija Galvydyte - who was clipped by Werro as she fell - also advancing alongside the Swiss.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
I clipped Wishbone’s leash to his collar and we set off down the road.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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And to do it, they’re clipping some flabbergasting selections from their media libraries and pumping them out into vertical videos.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
On the fourth pitch of the at-bat, Yamamoto turned to his splitter for the first time, barely clipping the inside edge of the strike zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
The horse then bolted, before clipping another carriage and toppling over, footage showed.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Talarico recently said some of his past comments “missed the mark,” and he accused Paxton of “intentionally clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption.”
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
He imagined her, clipping along in her high-heeled shoes and the smart green costume, at Mr Hooper's side.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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Down vistas long of clipt charmille Watteau as Pierrot leads the reel; Tabor and pipe the dancers guide As I read on.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell
He clipt my arm suddenly, putting the value of an oath into his gripping of it.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde
Back flew the bolt of lissom lath; Fair Margaret, in her tidy kirtle, Led the lorn traveller up the path, Through clean clipt rows of box and myrtle.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 362, March 21, 1829 by Various
The Gate off its Hinges; the Stone Balls of the Pillars overthrowne, the great Bell stolen, the clipt Junipers grubbed up, the Sun-diall broken!
From Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary by Anne Manning
At the foot of my garden, and hidden from my window by the clipt box hedge, runs Sanctuary Lane, along which I see the heads of the villagers moving to church on Sunday mornings.
From The Delectable Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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