scissor
Example Sentences
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I had just got off the scissor lift and then you said you were supposed to paint the wall, but got too busy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
Pilcher was working last June when one of these recent recruits was electrocuted while working on high-voltage overhead lights, from a scissor lift, without gloves or other required safety equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
Today she reaches the peak of her canvases by riding a scissor lift, which sits behind her worktable, its metal bars speckled with globs of paint in many different colors.
From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024
It's not long before Ava, who wrestles as "Rose Blossom", shows off one of her moves, using scissor legs to seize the neck of an opponent and catapult her to the ground.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2023
The blade then becomes a single-blade scissor and flurries through the room to free us from our restraints.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
