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
Mr Heron, a newly married former British Army engineer, visited the Co-op on Perth Main Street on 11 October 2019 to service a scissor lift in the storeroom.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2024
“He had apparently scored very low on tests involving art and scissor use,” said Burry.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
