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clippers

NOUN
scissors
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NOUN
shears
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Their campaign is aimed at Americans: As of early June, it only paid clippers if at least 60% of their audience was in the U.S., according to instructional materials.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

"It's not just the haircut, it's the sensory issue of the hair falling on them and the gown, and using clippers is also a big thing," Caroline adds.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Clip since its posts last year for Beast Industries has begun requiring all clippers to follow relevant disclosure rules, said Peterson, whose agency also worked on the Taco Bell campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

Best part: The clippers work for cheap, and none of the promotional aspects need to be publicly disclosed, thanks to a federal-regulation loophole that relaxes transparency standards on ads that don’t sell tangible products.

From Slate May 6, 2026

Even as they watched, one of the clippers was unfurling its sails, long rippling canvas streams swishing down into place on fast pulley systems.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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