scissors
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Lisa bought a second-hand jacket online, but snipped the fabric with the scissors when she was opening the package.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Please also remind them not to put metal into light sockets, run with scissors, or anything usually avoided with a little common sense,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
According to company lore, a retired Swiss triathlete and Ironman champion named Olivier Bernhard couldn’t find a running shoe that met his needs, so he made one himself with a garden hose, scissors and glue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
When she took up the oversized, bedazzled pair of scissors to cut the ribbon, two sturdy men made sure they had a firm hold on her.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Even though Principal Trask is holding those scissors out like a sword, I’m still shocked when she starts cutting off people’s armbands.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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