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clipping

[klip-ing] / ˈklɪp ɪŋ /
NOUN
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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

Right now, her favorite is the Nopal Cactus candle, which she made using a clipping from an employee’s yard.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

He hit 30 off 20 balls before clipping Foulkes to a tumbling Daryl Mitchell at mid-on so Stokes will spend his final day watching his team-mates from the balcony.

From BBC Jun. 28, 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

Ob took the clipping from Cletus’s hand while Cletus went on talking.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

At oral argument, Solicitor General John Sauer could only provide anecdotes about newspaper clippings from China, but admitted that “no one knows” the true number.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

Prosecutors said Heuermann frequently searched for images of the victims and their family members online and kept newspaper and magazine clippings on the killings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Growing up in a family of artists, Emek was inspired by the art clippings and 1960s rock, opera and World War II propaganda posters in his dad’s studio.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

“A Prelude to Immortality” is beautifully produced and sprinkled with images of period news clippings, book advertisements and covers of foreign-language editions of “My Early Life.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 22, 2026

It was stuffed with newspaper clippings about the secret documents and the man who had leaked them.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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