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tongs

noun as in pincers

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At that same moment, Scarlett moved towards her dad, perhaps in a bid to grab the tongs, and ran on to the blade, Ms Hall says.

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Vickers told the court he swiped a pair of tongs towards Scarlett which must have caught a knife, which he had not seen.

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When he came home he had to use kitchen tongs to remove shrapnel still lodged in his body because his family had run out of money to pay for any more medical care.

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Oliver James, another flatmate who is studying zoology, transferred the scorpion into a plastic container with kitchen tongs.

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Add the lobster meat and toss to combine using tongs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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