- present participle of shave.
shaving
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Here are Dr Kentley's top tips for shaving to protect skin:
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
What they don’t do is relieve one of the burden of shaving, as they require a high degree of maintenance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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
Father Julien takes his overnight bag, which contains fresh underwear, socks, and shaving supplies.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The toasted sourdough crumbles, more ice shavings than proper pucks, also lowered the score.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
They also reportedly have dispensers for chaff -- metal shavings that distract radar-guided missiles -- and flares that blind heat-seeking missiles.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
An audit by the FAA also confirmed that metal shavings were present beneath the floors of a number of aircraft.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025
But the inspectors discovered what appeared to be metal shavings on drugmaking equipment, and records that showed vials of medication that were “blackish” from contamination had been sent to the United States.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
Qhorin came and stood over him as the first flame rose up flickering from the shavings of bark and dead dry pine needles.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
