cutting

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By late 2018, Jin had been banned by the government from leaving China, cutting him off from seeing his wife, daughter and two sons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Driver’s ex-cop knows the codes of cutting deals with the Russian mob; Teller’s engineer is the square who can’t grasp how doing things the right way just makes the situation worse.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Using cutting edge super resolution microscopy, they mapped the glycocalyx at the level of individual sugar molecules across many different types of cells.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Inter Ikea Group, the holding company that oversees Ikea, announced Monday that it was cutting 850 jobs, saying its organisation with 27,700 employees overall had grown too "complex".

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

“Hmm,” her father said, cutting the sandwiches into perfect triangles.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood