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The clip went viral shortly after the incident on March 12, triggering a backlash that led to his arrest in Singapore, which is known for its strict enforcement of public order and hygiene rules.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the clip, Cronenberg talks about the legacy of art, and whether longevity really matters.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He had already posted a clip to his nearly 13 million followers on Truth Social.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Like any religion, to use the term Harvey drops in an audio clip, the problem isn’t the concept.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
“The Inside Mobius blog posts have gone viral, and the clip of Layla with the Director, too,” Jake says.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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She has never clipped her children’s toenails—too anxious for that, she said, so the nanny handles it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
My daughter is a Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Clover, and for the past couple of months, she’s had clipped to her collar an A.I. communication device known as the PetPhone.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
Either way, the onetime roommates and bandmates pioneered a discomfiting broken-doll aesthetic of smudged eyeliner, smeared lipstick and plastic barrettes clipped to hanks of bleached-out hair.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
Hilton, who cuts an unmistakable image with his bald crown and clipped English accent, proved himself as a polished communicator during the debates, skills honed by his years as a Fox News analyst.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Allys sits up straighter, and her words come fast and clipped.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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On the fourth pitch of the at-bat, Yamamoto turned to his splitter for the first time, barely clipping the inside edge of the strike zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Right now, her favorite is the Nopal Cactus candle, which she made using a clipping from an employee’s yard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Polymarket’s viral clipping campaign racked up more than 140 million views on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, according to the analytics provider Tubular.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The horse then bolted, before clipping another carriage and toppling over, footage showed.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
June was when our house got so quiet I could sometimes hear Dad clipping his fingernails a room away.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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Immediately below, stood the insulated and respectable mansion or Palace of the Bishop; in the midst of a formal garden--begirt with yet more formally clipt hedges.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Somewhere in the garden a little sardonic laugh was clipt to silence.
From At a Winter's Fire by Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph
Thus thy silly youth, enraged, would soon my love defy, But, alas, poor soul, too late! clipt wings can never fly.
From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Down vistas long of clipt charmille Watteau as Pierrot leads the reel; Tabor and pipe the dancers guide As I read on.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
The arrows flitted and clipt amongst us like a flight of bats!
From Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Bierce, Ambrose
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