clippers

Example Sentences

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And you learned that thanks to the clippers.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

As Carlos told it, his brother took the clippers, began to buzz, and in the harrowing tradition of at-home haircuts gone amok, somewhere along the way…

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 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

CNN’s chief media analyst Brian Stelter wrote on Monday that video clippers have become “some of the most powerful people in this year’s election cycle.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

The clippers buzzed and buzzed, and hair fell from Needles's head like ash.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds