shave
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The planned changes to the personal-consumption expenditures index are expected to shave about two-tenths of a percentage point off the inflation rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"I actually think there's a far broader strategy across all the government departments to make it more productive and indeed shave 10% off... by actually enhancing our standards across the country."
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
If we take the 30-year loan and make one extra payment a year, and apply that to the principal, we will shave eight years off the life of the loan.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Anybody here have to shave their ears? Nothing to be ashamed of, sir.”
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
He had a pile of saucers in front of him, and he needed a shave.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
A sermon used to take him 10 to 15 hours to prepare; a chatbot doing first-pass research and phrasing shaves off several of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
In the capital Kabul, a 25-year-old barber lamented that "there are a lot of restrictions" which go against his young clients' preference for closer shaves.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
His agent, Scott Boras, is the best in the business, and he doesn’t give hometown discounts or anything else that shaves numbers off the bottom line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
Unless polling shows that he shaves a point or so off of their own races, in which case they’ll wave him off.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2024
In the morning, as the Doctorita shuffles around in her bathrobe and Nino Carlitos shaves with his buzzing razor, I wonder if I’ll miss them.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
A platter of summer tomatoes, tuna-belly conserva, shaved onion, and punchy olives arrives where it cannot possibly fit.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
With his head shaved and wearing a yellow prison jumpsuit, Farinacci appeared in court where his bail was raised from $1 million to $2 million.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The mediocre headline increase comes with a big caveat: A bigger U.S. trade deficit and smaller inventory replenishment shaved 1.7 percentage points off the economy’s growth rate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Concerns over AI spending yesterday shaved roughly $890 billion in market value from the Magnificent Seven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
I tried not to laugh at the scowling man’s partially shaved head.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Who knows where the trend began, but I remain clean shaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Smith is described by police as white, bald, and clean shaven.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
And then there are the images of the migrants deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, shackled one behind the other in prison garb, their heads bowed and shaven.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
He is described as about 5ft 11ins tall, with short dark brown hair, and is usually clean shaven.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024
When I looked into the temples, I could see the holy sadhus sitting in long rows, bare chested, their heads shaven, holding sacred lamps and accompanying their chanting with bells.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
The objects, which sold for a total of £59,761, vary from a Victorian travelling shaving brush by pioneering silversmith Frances Douglas to an Imperial Russian tankard and an Edwardian jewellery box.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
James has heard from men who asked for raises at work or left toxic relationships after shaving their heads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Kluska believes uniQure has a clear shot at launching the drug by late 2027, shaving years off Cantor’s original 2030 timeline.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Forgiveness is posthumously granted through cinema, shaving away anything unpleasant that is no longer necessary to dwell on.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
I try not to move, but it feels like she's slicing instead of shaving me.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
