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pliers

NOUN
pincers
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The sound of pliers clicking filled a workshop in eastern China's Hangzhou as a group of women practised stripping wires, their female instructor moving around the classroom to offer advice.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

“Are they scrappy? Yes. Are they all working in bombed-out buildings with pliers found on the side of the road? No,” said Justin Zeefe, a founding partner at Los Angeles- and Kyiv-based Green Flag Ventures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025

Using pliers, a hot soldering iron, scissors and other tools, Terrell Glenn and Cierra Milton taught participants how to assemble and connect a large button to a battery-operated toy.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023

Border Patrol agents used pliers to cut open a passage through the thickets of barbed wire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

We changed the channels using a pair of pliers because the buttons didn’t work.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah


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