shaving
Example Sentences
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While shaving her year-end forecast from $5,200 to $5,000, Teves stays just above the analyst consensus of $4,844.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
"If people asked what had happened, I would joke about a shaving mishap rather than admit the real reason."
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Because ethanol often trades at a discount to gasoline, E15 can be a few cents per gallon cheaper, shaving small amounts off average prices.
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
They have spent their entire lives training for those 2 minutes when they will plummet down the slope at top speeds exceeding 90 miles an hour in the hopes of shaving split-seconds off their runs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
He sat on the edge of his bed and sobbed, tears carving tiny paths through the shaving cream on his cheeks.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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