shear
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"We've got professional shearers coming, it's not everybody who can shear," Williams said.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
To him it was a sin not to shear the sheep.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Its work, largely paid for with federal funds, has allowed for major improvements in the prediction of extreme weather events and a reduction in the number of air accidents caused by severe wind shear.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
The whole logging process—from feller-bunchers that cut and stack tree trunks to delimbers that shear off the branches—could be operated by one person on-site with remote help from others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
In two years he had learned everything about shepherding: he knew how to shear sheep, how to care for pregnant ewes, and how to protect the sheep from wolves.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
Instead the final four candidates for the job were a range of eager submissives, each straining to appear enthusiastic to pick up the pruning shears and start cutting rates by the bunch:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Appearing with a shaved head, Alcaraz said his brother had a mishap with the shears when giving him a trim, leaving him no choice but to opt for a buzz-cut.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
If you don’t sew, don’t worry, she says, “you can cut them with pinking shears or use no-sew iron-on tape.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
That means buying fresh lobsters from your local market, boiling them and using kitchen shears to slice their shells from head to tail.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024
Very conscientiously, he parted the canes and clipped one in the middle, holding the shears at a careful slant, taking care not to injure a larger cane adjacent to it.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
As of Monday, the closure had sheared 16 million barrels from daily oil supplies, according to JPMorgan Chase analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
And so the men counted to three and they pushed, and Plymouth Rock sheared in half.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2024
That building still stood, but the walls on the second floor were sheared off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
Some 11 million years ago, a large meteor impact on Mars sheared away parts of the planet and sent the rocks hurtling into space.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2024
Then she sheared off the tops of the hedge that borders Phoebe’s yard.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
As she drifts through town, feeling suddenly shorn of her identity, she comes across a traveling circus and is somehow taken on as a volunteer for the sawing-in-half trick, which involves hiding inside a box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Dempsey had been shorn of many things by a thunderous Ireland performance - a revisiting of a familiar narrative.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
Sherwood also steered Villa away from the drop but, shorn of influential stars Christian Benteke and Fabian Delph in the summer, was sacked after six successive defeats left them bottom in October.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Examining a song’s lyrics shorn of the music can highlight the themes that a songwriter such as Johnny Cash or John Darnielle returns to over time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The dewy drops clung like lint to his neatly pressed uniform and dripped down his neck from his closely shorn hair.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
A backlight sufficient to be useful would disturb the laminar flow of air rushing across the rear decklid, increasing shearing turbulence and drag at the back of the car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
The shearing season for Scotland's 6.5m sheep lasts about three months from May until August.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
"They've lost their livelihoods, they've lost their shearing sheds, livestock, just absolutely devastating," he told national broadcaster ABC.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
To that end, the dire wolf was bigger than the grey wolves that existed at the same time, with large, shearing teeth carrying an extremely strong bite force.
From Salon ● May 15, 2025
Feeding and watering and shearing and lambing and even castrating and butchering, I do all these things.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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