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clippers

NOUN
scissors
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NOUN
shears
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But Polymarket works with lots of clippers to boost the chance that one of their videos will go viral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

"It's not just the haircut, it's the sensory issue of the hair falling on them and the gown, and using clippers is also a big thing," Caroline adds.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Clip since its posts last year for Beast Industries has begun requiring all clippers to follow relevant disclosure rules, said Peterson, whose agency also worked on the Taco Bell campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Best part: The clippers work for cheap, and none of the promotional aspects need to be publicly disclosed, thanks to a federal-regulation loophole that relaxes transparency standards on ads that don’t sell tangible products.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Nearby, garden tools hung on the wall and lay on a long shelf, clippers in four different sizes, shovels, hoes, stiff metal rakes and long-fingered leaf rakes.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt




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