clipped
Example Sentences
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“It was tricky. I was moving fast, clipped the eighth hurdler and lost my balance. That’s never happened to me before.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
But even if the opinion is written in the clipped vocabulary of habeas review, the stakes are larger than that language suggests.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
In footage shared earlier this week, Woods told officers that he was briefly distracted by his phone before he clipped the trailer of a vehicle in front of him.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026
Woods was arrested after his SUV clipped a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck on Jupiter Island, Florida, near his home.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Kamau’s words were clipped as he looked down his nose at the man with only thinly veiled disgust.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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"Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou
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