scalpel
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“How can we improve the product, make it out-and-out racing and look at what can improve in terms of safety. But act with a scalpel and not with a baseball bat.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
But grab a scalpel and cut 10 minutes out of it and “The Bride!” would be a rip-roaring dazzler.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
I watch as a lab technician separates young shoots with a sterile scalpel and forceps.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
Akutagawa, recalled Kurosawa in his memoir, “goes into the depths of the human heart as if with a surgeon’s scalpel, laying bare its dark complexities and bizarre twists.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The scalpel flash reflects in the glass of one of the implement cabinets.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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