clipper

Example Sentences

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The virus is spread through blood or other body fluids and can be contracted through something as innocuous as sharing a nail clipper or toothbrush, doctors say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Everyone on death row used the same nail clipper that a guard would hand them when they went to the shower, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

At night his tiny barber shop is a beacon of power with a TV playing music videos, strings of Christmas lights and the buzz of his hair clipper.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025

At a time when cruise lines are packing their ever-more-gargantuan ships with water parks and basketball courts, the 136-passenger Sea Cloud Spirit, with its old-fashioned clipper design and wooden decks, stands out.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024

He jerked his head toward the torn image of a clipper ship that Nailer had tacked to the wall of their shack.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi