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shaven

[shey-vuhn] / ˈʃeɪ vən /




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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

And then there are the images of the migrants deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, shackled one behind the other in prison garb, their heads bowed and shaven.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

Mr. Bankman-Fried, 32, was in the courtroom, clean shaven and wearing a loose fitting brown jail uniform.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

With shaven heads, dressed in pristine white, and heavily tattooed, the prisoners know they are being watched and return the gaze from the other side of the bars.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024

But walking down the street again with the wind fresh upon his shaven skin, he said to himself, “It is only once.”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck