clippers

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Transporting passengers to the gold fields of California and racing to get the first spring tea from China to New York and London drove the rise of extreme clippers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Even a small cut from shared nail clippers risks infection, data show.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 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

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

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2024

Here are his toenail clippers, over there his green nylon tent spread over a missing window in the front door.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer