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scissor

[siz-er] / ˈsɪz ər /


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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

It was a revolutionary car, with scissor doors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 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

Today she reaches the peak of her canvases by riding a scissor lift, which sits behind her worktable, its metal bars speckled with globs of paint in many different colors.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Seven and I rock, paper, scissor it for the second-biggest room.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas




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