clippers
Example Sentences
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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
Transporting passengers to the gold fields of California and racing to get the first spring tea from China to New York and London drove the rise of extreme clippers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
Crouched in cold mud under a thin Spring rain, vineyard employee Élodie Bonet snaps off unwanted vine shoots with her fingers and pruning clippers.
From BBC • May 25, 2025
Although they were a force in the 2016 and 2020 elections, the clippers have flooded social media in a way that feels more pronounced, probably because so many more of us are consuming media online.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024
These could easily happen while Iponga held his electric clippers to your head.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.