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The clip went viral, in part because the mistake was so specifically inhuman.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
In a separate clip, Posobiec asked the Pentagon chief if Hasan had made any final request.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Schmidt has acknowledged that his words and gesture "were inappropriate and capable of causing offence and hurt", adding that the clip was recorded at a private gathering and "not intended for the public".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
NFL Players Assn. executive director JC Tretter posted a clip of the interaction that zoomed in on Seeman as he shouted toward McBride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The third time through the clip, there was a knock on the doorframe.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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Gavin Pugh was dismantling a pylon in April 2022 when he unknowingly clipped his safety line to a section that was only secure at one end.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Ohtani clipped Braves catcher Drake Baldwin’s mitt and was awarded first base for catcher’s interference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Putin was listening to Sisi through an interpretation headset clipped to his ear, while his eyes scanned the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Woods was involved in a March 27 road accident in Florida in which his vehicle clipped a truck pulling a trailer and flipped on its side while attempting to pass on a residential road.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
He had clean, clipped nails, and calluses along his fingers, probably from working on the house with his dad.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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And to do it, they’re clipping some flabbergasting selections from their media libraries and pumping them out into vertical videos.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
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
The gardener was clipping away at the bougainvillea, taming the flowers that defiantly stuck out of the leveled top.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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And Keir, though his wings were now so happily clipt, still held his position as a traveller who had seen and noted much in his former wanderings.
From Uncanny Tales by Mrs. Mary Louisa Molesworth
Saturday, the 2nd May, was practically the last day clipt money was received by the exchequer.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume II by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe
A verdant screen may be made in this way, of the wildest and most beautiful description, which should never be clipt, only pruned, allowing the loose branches to drop over those that are taken away.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
He clipt my arm suddenly, putting the value of an oath into his gripping of it.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde
The Gate off its Hinges; the Stone Balls of the Pillars overthrowne, the great Bell stolen, the clipt Junipers grubbed up, the Sun-diall broken!
From Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary by Anne Manning
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