shave
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The new method appeared to shave several tenths off the previous rate of inflation, but not enough to suggest a major change in the trend.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
When her hair began falling out during chemotherapy she decided to shave her head, but wanted to make it as positive an experience as possible for her children.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Drought and record heatwaves across France this summer will shave 0.1 percent off the country's economic growth this year, adding to the heavy human toll, the finance ministry said Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
They skipped stairs as they ran between platforms, and found they could shave time at the turnstiles by switching from using their phones to physical cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Last year Bren tried to shave his head like Pitbull but ended up with just one side of his head shaved because his mom caught him before he could finish.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
A more than $1-a-gallon run-up since January shaves about 5% off her earnings for most journeys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 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
He retreats to his predecessor Jerry Brown’s rural ranch in Northern California, shaves his head and announces he’s taking a vow of silence until the first leg of California’s high-speed rail project is finished.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
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
The akrafena jumps to my left without a command and shaves the wall down on one side.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Gone are the head wraps and proudly showing her shaved head has become "the new normal".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The new name plaques adorn the wall of a long corridor and are displayed next to many images of prisoners dressed in striped shirts with shaved heads.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
That shaved 243,000 jobs off of employment from April through December 2025, UBS economists calculate, a period covered by Friday’s revisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
For me, that has meant chicken with scallions and frozen ginger cubes; shaved corn with poblano and onion; butternut squash with thyme and shallots; grated tomato with basil and garlic.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
I didn’t see Izio, but it was difficult in the crowd of men with their shaved heads and gray cloth.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Who knows where the trend began, but I remain clean shaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Detainees in brown uniforms - with shaven heads - sit silent and motionless on thin mattresses, on opposite sides of a cell.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 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
This included FFP3 facemasks which require users to be clean shaven.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024
They were freshly showered and shaven, cocky in their Sunday suits but uneasy, too, as if they were about to go to court.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Here are Dr Kentley's top tips for shaving to protect skin:
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Schick revolutionized shaving with injector razors and multiblades in a single cartridge, slugging it out in the marketplace for decades with rival shaving giant Gillette.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Neri catches up on the news while shaving, having installed a TV in his bathroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Cancer has a way of taking things you never realized you’d grieve,” she wrote alongside a video of the parents shaving Whimsy’s head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The boy didn’t even look like he’d started shaving.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
