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The robot itself appears pretty unremarkable, just a pair of mechanical arms with pincers.
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Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
Once every few decades, a scientist plucks the cylinder from its perch with chamois-leather-padded pincers, rubs its surface with a cloth soaked in alcohol and ether, and steam-cleans it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2012
AfD and The Left’s gains are creating a pincer effect on the center.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Feb. 2025
To chase them off, females raise their abdomens to show off their pincers.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
Once every few decades, a scientist plucks the cylinder from its perch with chamois-leather-padded pincers, rubs its surface with a cloth soaked in alcohol and ether, and steam-cleans it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2012
AfD and The Left’s gains are creating a pincer effect on the center.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Feb. 2025
To chase them off, females raise their abdomens to show off their pincers.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Pincer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pincer. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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