scissor
Example Sentences
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I had just got off the scissor lift and then you said you were supposed to paint the wall, but got too busy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
Pilcher was working last June when one of these recent recruits was electrocuted while working on high-voltage overhead lights, from a scissor lift, without gloves or other required safety equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
She says: "We got a shout-out from Ant and Dec and went up on a scissor lift above the Newcastle United fans, which was incredible."
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025
Matthew Baraniak was on work release in 2019 when he was killed at a Pennsylvania heavy machinery service center while operating a scissor lift.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
Navid was walking around the dance room on his hands, doing scissor kicks.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
