shave off
Example Sentences
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“Today’s plunge in the oil market should single-handedly shave off $0.45/gallon, implying the national average pulling back to around $3.70,” Molchanov wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
After World War I, secular ideas from the outside world began filtering through, with men daring to shave off their beards and married women refusing to cover their hair with wigs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Bailey lets her displeasure be known by having a friend shave off her beautiful spray of kinky hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
The wire is then to shave off bits of the prostate.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
“If you lose, you have to shave off that stupid tuft of hair you treat like an imaginary friend. And just that—I want a bald spot in its place.”
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
