clippers

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As Carlos told it, his brother took the clippers, began to buzz, and in the harrowing tradition of at-home haircuts gone amok, somewhere along the way…

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 8, 2025

Crouched in cold mud under a thin Spring rain, vineyard employee Élodie Bonet snaps off unwanted vine shoots with her fingers and pruning clippers.

From BBC • May 25, 2025

At his new prison, inmates can buy their own razors and nail clippers from the canteen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

In another photo, the fake-bald Stamos is holding hair clippers to Coulier's bald head.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2024

Pilate was sitting on a chair; Reba was cutting Pilate’s hair with a barber’s clippers.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison