shave
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Drought and record heatwaves across France this summer will shave 0.1 percent off the country's economic growth this year, adding to the heavy human toll, the finance ministry said Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
“In the minor leagues, we had to shave, had to keep it low,” Heyward said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The protected vistas have forced modern developers to shave the tops off skyscrapers or adopt slanted silhouettes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Using specially designed ultra-long-haul Airbus planes, Qantas expects to shave about four hours off the current journey time.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Beside me was a young man with spots on his chin that must have been difficult to shave around.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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A more than $1-a-gallon run-up since January shaves about 5% off her earnings for most journeys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
The 37-year-old millionaire has also posted images of hundreds of inmates, their head shaves, in orange uniforms being moved to a new mega-prison, echoing moves by El Salvador's Nayib Bukele.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
Sonoda no longer shaves on the days Yamamoto starts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024
Unless polling shows that he shaves a point or so off of their own races, in which case they’ll wave him off.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2024
The next man follows with the clippers and shaves my head clean in five quick passes.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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For me, that has meant chicken with scallions and frozen ginger cubes; shaved corn with poblano and onion; butternut squash with thyme and shallots; grated tomato with basil and garlic.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
It also shaved off time those same children were held by CBP or in airports or hotels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
With his head shaved and wearing a yellow prison jumpsuit, Farinacci appeared in court where his bail was raised from $1 million to $2 million.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
He shaved off his black hair like a monk, gathered friends for tea and discreetly picked up the tab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Simon stroked his chin, which he had shaved for the first time that very morning.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Who knows where the trend began, but I remain clean shaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
And then there are the images of the migrants deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, shackled one behind the other in prison garb, their heads bowed and shaven.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
Mr. Bankman-Fried, 32, was in the courtroom, clean shaven and wearing a loose fitting brown jail uniform.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
He looked gaunt, his head shaven and his prison uniform loose.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024
There was a keen young man with a shaven head behind the cash register.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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Except for the part where they pluck and prune themselves into the hairlessness of a dolphin; “Love is Blind’s” Zack Goytowski and “Love Island’s” Zach Georgiou both cop to shaving their legs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
While her least favourite of the sprint disciplines, that continues to involve winters focused on shaving time off her 60m best, which she again lowered this season to 7.04 - the eighth-fastest worldwide this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Cancer has a way of taking things you never realized you’d grieve,” she wrote alongside a video of the parents shaving Whimsy’s head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
James, the Bald Café founder, is also a life and fitness coach, and he noted that shaving the head can spark further transformation: Some men who have done it then get in better shape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
She was about to subtract Henry from the bathroom mirror where he had stood shaving that morning when she saw him walking toward her.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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