shave
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The new method appeared to shave several tenths off the previous rate of inflation, but not enough to suggest a major change in the trend.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Shekhar, who neglected to pack a razor blade and asks to borrow one, is persuaded not to shave after polling his friends, who also intend, at first, to rough it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
When her hair began falling out during chemotherapy she decided to shave her head, but wanted to make it as positive an experience as possible for her children.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
He dipped his razor and continued to shave.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Their other grandpa is a cyclist who shaves his legs and arms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Still, the third-fastest time in history shaves another tenth of a second off the 22-year-old's personal best and only increases the sense that she will break the record sooner rather than later.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
His agent, Scott Boras, is the best in the business, and he doesn’t give hometown discounts or anything else that shaves numbers off the bottom line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
The akrafena gets to the end of the thicket, turns, and shaves down one side of the wall.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
I instantly shaved $300 off the bill with the twice-a-year $300 Fine Hotels & Resorts credit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The new name plaques adorn the wall of a long corridor and are displayed next to many images of prisoners dressed in striped shirts with shaved heads.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Then I went through another breakup and shaved my head and bleached it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., operates a claw-machine arcade with more than 100 units, plus bubble tea and Korean shaved ice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
As we entered, a giant man with shaved blond hair, a business suit, and a holster with a gun in it walked in.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
He happily sports a shaven head – and has no intention of following his dental treatment with a radical rug rethink.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Who knows where the trend began, but I remain clean shaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Gaunt, head shaven and still in his padded blue prison jacket, he admitted his head was spinning from all the sensations after four years in jail.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
The Sheriff’s Department is looking for the suspect, who was described as a Black male, 6 feet, 2 inches tall, 180 pounds and with a shaven head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
The silver streak in his closely shaven head glows in the subtle darkness, and the crescent-shaped scar under his right eye looks deeper.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Schick revolutionized shaving with injector razors and multiblades in a single cartridge, slugging it out in the marketplace for decades with rival shaving giant Gillette.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
She decided to embrace her new look, by shaving her head after she lost some of her hair from chemotherapy.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Neri catches up on the news while shaving, having installed a TV in his bathroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
There’s a man’s shaving brush and razor on the windowsill.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
