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Recent Examples of scissor
At the Locanda Ferrari restaurant, where diners slurped up plates of spaghetti alle vongole and compared notes on their favorite places for eel, Paola Ferrari, 61, scissored the crabs and dumped them in a pan of tomatoes, onions and herbs.
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Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
Max Ernst collages are the type of this kind, made from many common sources—cheap advertisements in the back of the newspaper or department-store catalogue—scissored together into a new appearance of meaning.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2023
Kneel, sit cross-legged, scissor your legs with one leg at a 90 degree angle in front of you (and one behind), or sit with your legs straight in front of you (or with one bent and your foot on the floor).
—Ben Court, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
Its two beams scissor back and forth across the canopy at 400,000 pulses per second, and the echoes reveal the geometry of every tree, branch, and sometimes leaf.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2012
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Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
Max Ernst collages are the type of this kind, made from many common sources—cheap advertisements in the back of the newspaper or department-store catalogue—scissored together into a new appearance of meaning.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2023
Kneel, sit cross-legged, scissor your legs with one leg at a 90 degree angle in front of you (and one behind), or sit with your legs straight in front of you (or with one bent and your foot on the floor).
—Ben Court, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
Its two beams scissor back and forth across the canopy at 400,000 pulses per second, and the echoes reveal the geometry of every tree, branch, and sometimes leaf.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2012
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The sheriff’s office further alleges that Sykes gave the 10-year-old instructions to slit the throats of the adults temporarily living with the child.Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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Outside one center in June, protesters slit the throats of three pigs as a threat to Muslims believed to be living there.Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2024
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The story crosscut feverishly between the two, giving rise to a ticklishly clever chicken-or-egg conundrum: Was Riley being manipulated, like a puppet, by her confused and unruly emotions?Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
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Clamp these pieces together edge-to-edge, and crosscut them again with the track saw to produce two 8-inch pieces that form the ends of the box and two 24 inch pieces that form the top and the bottom panels.Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023
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President-elect Donald Trump has selected Vivek Ramaswamy, a former presidential candidate and Ohio native, to help lead a new initiative aimed at slashing government spending.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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Although Oz has not revealed his views on Medicaid, some Republicans in Congress have expressed support for changes that would slash the budget of the program.Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Scientists predict that Triton might one day wander too close and end up becoming gravitationally sheared into fragments.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Just in the last month, Nicola Peltz-Beckham (sporting a chop reminiscent of her mother-in-law's iconic Posh Spice chop), Selena Gomez, and Beyoncé have sheared up and joined the short hair club.Konstanze Popp, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024
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After months spent working on an effort to revitalize Saratoga’s commercial scene, the Saratoga City Council was split in its decision to advance a pilot outdoor dining program for a fine dining restaurant in the city’s downtown.Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The organ is split into six different segments, and sections of thickened tissue are said to correlate to spells of colder weather.Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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The five razor-sharp blades make quick slicing a breeze for green onions, parsley, and even lettuce.Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
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Compared to steel-cut oats (Irish or Scottish), oats groats (whole grain seed with the husk removed) have been chopped or sliced into smaller pieces.Karina Tolentino, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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Palestinians have carried out scores of stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks against Israelis in recent years.Pilar Arias, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Tynion spoke with The Hollywood Reporter to mark the anniversary, talking about that really long title, his debt of gratitude to Walking Dead author Kirkman, and how long the comic can keep stabbing its stories.Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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McCartney cajoled solos out of everyone, pointing at the others on stage at random and occasionally getting the nod himself to rip a few riffs.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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Note that a small cable connects the two pieces, so don't rip the cover free without disconnecting the pins.PCMAG, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
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“Scissor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scissor. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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