clipped

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In footage shared earlier this week, Woods told officers that he was briefly distracted by his phone before he clipped the trailer of a vehicle in front of him.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026

He clipped over a penalty to put the visitors 10 points clear inside quarter of an hour.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

James had scored over Denver Nikola Jokic, but was clipped by the Nuggets center and fell hard onto the court, holding his left elbow.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

They clipped 13 seconds of him tearing into a Whopper, sauce and a grin splayed across his face, and posted it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

I clipped out flowers from cans of Carnation milk and pinned a wreath around cutouts of the little girl under an umbrella from the salt box and of Mr. Quaker from the box of oatmeal.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago