snip

Later, I padded barefoot into the yard to snip rosemary for the stuffing.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

They are quick to snip losses and quick to take profits.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

“You pinch or snip six times, and then you’re going to go to 12, and then you’re going to go to 18,” Selody said.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

Also based in the hall, Tara Mellor from Geek's Barbers is trying to snip away at rising food costs, which have doubled for her six-person household.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024

“Come on, Emilia, let’s snip the roses for the jam.”

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

With a few snips of her scissors, a plain whiteboard rag transforms into three strips of cloth perfect for braiding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Dr Ed Pyne snips a leaf from the Druids Oak, an 800-year-old tree that has watched over this woodland in Buckinghamshire for centuries, enduring droughts, storms, heatwaves and more.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

The research showed that V8 snips one end of the PAR1 protein and awakens it.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023

The scientists attached this tag to protein toxins and the gene-editing enzyme Cas9, a large molecular scissors that snips DNA at a location specified by a molecule that guides the scissors to the right place.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 29, 2023

Then she spent about an hour making little snips here and there.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

Your brain snipped out and inserted details without your conscious knowledge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

"It is a little sad, isn’t it? One more quiet thread snipped in the broader unraveling of neighborhood-ness. Of the small, repetitive exchanges that used to stitch a life together."

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025

When the tag’s snipped off, he’s delighted, and leaves quickly after exchanging a few words with Karen Lee, the director of the Community Corrections Command.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024

Perhaps you feel sad that the life of your placenta was cut short, snipped from existence.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024

Then, carefully, using the delicate cutting tools she had been given, Kira snipped away the frayed threads.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

They then lug heavy loads back home, spreading the seaweed out on the ground and snipping off residue.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

"But if we can do gene therapy that doesn't involve snipping DNA strands, then we avoid these potential pitfalls."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026

There was no tow on Verstappen's second lap, but he nevertheless improved further, snipping 0.088secs off his own time.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

Toni Yoakam, who founded the World Wide Weight Pull Organization, recalls the owner of a 3.5-pound miniature poodle snipping pompoms off her pooch’s feet and ears to get her to 3 pounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

He walks into the hall and makes snipping motions with his fingers, meaning I’m to cut it short.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood