clipping

Example Sentences

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That leaves the BOJ in a familiar bind: Hike too soon and risk clipping fragile growth, or hold back and risk damaging household confidence, plus U.S. scrutiny if the yen weakens excessively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Barry made a perfectly timed run to meet Idrissa Gueye's low cross, clipping a deft finish over Darlow from six yards.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Verstappen's problems included gearchanges, damping and clipping - running out of electrical energy.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

She was always clipping recipes she wanted to try and altering them to perfection.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

Pasted inside the front cover, surrounded by an elaborately inscribed tree, Celia can barely make out something that must once have been a newspaper clipping.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern