scalp

Example Sentences

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“Claiming a top criminal scalp will not spare the government from a messy aftermath,” said Mora of the International Crisis Group.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Chelsea face a trip to Hollywood-backed Wrexham, who have already taken a Premier League scalp this season in Nottingham Forest.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

"It truly is the first time in history that one can modulate activity deep in the brain, centimeters from the scalp, examining subcortical structures with high spatial resolution," Freeman says.

From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 2026

Taking the scalp of a star name is not vital, but it would prove Raducanu has the ability to beat the best.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

By the mid-1670s, scalp hunting had become part of an organized system throughout the colonies.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz