trim
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Former British sprinter Adam Gemili tells Newsbeat that "feeling good" about yourself can give you that necessary extra lift when competing, and says men often opt for a "good trim".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Last week’s weak labor market data combined with this week’s subdued consumer and wholesale inflation data have prompted markets to trim U.S. rate-hike bets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Paneling from one of the building's original restaurants was recreated in the trim of the new pool.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The Lauensteins have thematically used the teal color on other ceilings, along with a similar hue on the exterior trim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
I clutch the trim on my tunic so hard, it gives a little protest rip.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
MS trims its target on the stock to 48.00 Australian dollars a share from A$49.00/share but keeps an overweight rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Another benefit of open models is that they can be run on AT&T’s own data centers rather than rented infrastructure from a cloud-computing provider—a setup that trims AI costs even further.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The bank trims its ADR target price to US$11.40 from US$13.00 but retains a buy rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Macquarie keeps an outperform rating on Life360’s Australia-listed stock and trims its target price by 3.1% to 30.10 Australian dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Clara trims the hair around my head and ears until I’m practically bald.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
Men with enormous beards that have never known the touch of a trimmer.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
Flag football’s five-a-side line-ups mean trimmer rosters compared to the swamped sidelines of tackle football, making for a more compelling case given the IOC's intention to streamline athlete numbers.
From BBC ● May 6, 2024
Then use a hand pruner for small jobs or a string trimmer or hedge clipper for larger plantings.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
“I go through my ritual,” he said, hitting the trimmer button.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
The man in front of me—David—is in it, next to my mother, his face a little smoother, his middle a little trimmer.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
This design gives the A8F a stunning presentation of just a giant display with the trimmest of bezels surrounding it.
From The Verge ● Nov. 2, 2018
The company has an annual voluntary 12-week challenge in the fall to encourage employees to be active and not pack on the holiday pounds, with prizes for those who stay trimmest.
From Forbes ● Feb. 25, 2011
It was hell last week on one of the biggest, whitest and trimmest of U.S. inland excursion steamers, the Island Queen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Young, rich Stephen Carlton Clark had married Susan Hun, descendant of brownest, trimmest Albany ancestors.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact he was one of the trimmest, neatest appearing of all of Peter's friends.
From The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
Bill Hays—taut, with a neatly trimmed gray horseshoe hairline—sat behind the counter and immediately clocked me as a journalist, not some casual shopper.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Russia's central bank recently trimmed its annual GDP forecast to flat to 1 percent, from an earlier forecast of 0.4-1.3 percent.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Overall subscriber growth in Medicare Advantage slowed in 2026 as insurers quit unprofitable markets and trimmed benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Silver futures trimmed year-to-date losses to 7%, but remain 43% below the record high set in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
He scoots under a rolling table where a poodle's curls are being trimmed.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
He said the hospital is “trying to turn it around from all the levers possible,” such as renegotiating contracts with insurers, trimming costs and advocating for more government funding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Pulte said on X on Tuesday that he has conducted five rounds of layoffs, trimming the staff by around 30% from several weeks ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
"Part of what we’re seeing today is probably traders trimming ahead of results rather than waiting to find out," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Midfielder Andrey Santos joined Manchester United an hour before the media conference, and Alonso was asked whether a lack of European football meant the squad needed trimming.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
If we were having the wedding in Chicago, there was no trimming the guest list.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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