snip
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They are quick to snip losses and quick to take profits.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Artichoke Potato Salad, on the other hand, is ladies luncheon, serve in a pretty bowl, snip some fresh dill, bring on the flavor, bring on the texture, pizzaz-y potato salad.
From Salon ● May 9, 2024
In her landmark 1964 performance “Cut Piece,” she gave gallery visitors scissors and invited them to snip away at her clothes.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Sometimes book buyers snip the price from the slip cover to hide how much it was bought for.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
“Are we to snip no more? There is metal left over.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
While it has been directed with careful attention to shaping its emotional arc by Tim Jackson, “Two Strangers” might have amplified its charms with a few snips of the scissors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Rpn11 snips off these tags, enabling the misfolded protein to slip into the proteasome core for disassembly.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024
That’s a lot of what hairstylist Kayla Gowell hears as she snips, sprays, primps and blow-dries.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
The scientists attached this tag to protein toxins and the gene-editing enzyme Cas9, a large molecular scissors that snips DNA at a location specified by a molecule that guides the scissors to the right place.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 29, 2023
Then she spent about an hour making little snips here and there.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
You can also use a resealable plastic baggie with the corner snipped as a makeshift piping bag.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
"We might get absolutely snipped," said Kyrgios, who lost to Djokovic in the only major final of his turbulent career at Wimbledon in 2022.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
Perhaps you feel sad that the life of your placenta was cut short, snipped from existence.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024
“She can put up with a lot. She’s never once growled at Lily, snipped — nothing,” Houman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
Using the wire cutters, she snipped the pointy end of the hook, then stuck it into the hole she had just made in the bottle cap.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
They then lug heavy loads back home, spreading the seaweed out on the ground and snipping off residue.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The woman who had once dreamed of ballet and the Olympics now was snipping stray threads off underwear, under orders to “minimize bathroom breaks.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
"But if we can do gene therapy that doesn't involve snipping DNA strands, then we avoid these potential pitfalls."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
Calder, the top flight's chief growth officer, is the man snipping the competition's name to simply 'the Prem' for next season.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025
A woman stands at a butcher- block island by the appliances, snipping the ends of a pile of green beans with a pair of scissors.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
