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The puck kicked slowly back to Kochetkov and he swiped it into his leg pads and scissored them shut before Sprong could pounce.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

His legs scissored apart in soaring full splits, the unbound flexibility delivering an extra sensation of vigor and freedom.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2019

“There was no water protection at all. At the end of six months, it was scissored and trashed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2016

The crowd that comes in here, they want to have fun,” she laughs, platinum blonde hair shimmying over a Clueless T-shirt that’s been shredded and scissored to look more punk.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2016

He gestured down to Fezzik, who scissored the man in black between his legs, began the arm climb noiselessly.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman


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