scalpel
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But grab a scalpel and cut 10 minutes out of it and “The Bride!” would be a rip-roaring dazzler.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
Akutagawa, recalled Kurosawa in his memoir, “goes into the depths of the human heart as if with a surgeon’s scalpel, laying bare its dark complexities and bizarre twists.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The full decision, published by the ITIA,, external states that Naldi cut the finger of his left hand on a scalpel in his treatment bag on 3 March.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024
But the more crucial cuts take a scalpel to its core duo’s addictively poisonous dynamic.
From Salon • May 2, 2024
Dad carried Luke inside and Mother fetched her scalpel.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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