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clippers

NOUN
scissors
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NOUN
shears
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Polymarket has paid clippers to promote at least 19 videos discussing opportunities to use inside information or other tactics to manipulate markets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

Polymarket employs Virality, a marketing firm, to manage the clippers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

And you learned that thanks to the clippers.

From Slate May 6, 2026

She said he had a naturally hairy upper body - and in the summer months would shave his chest, using clippers and a wet razor.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

Maybe nail clippers, a rosary, or a scapular with a tiny drawing of San Cristobal, the patron saint of travelers, or of San Judas Tadeo, the patron saint of desperate situations.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario




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