scissors

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Peake said when he was in space batteries, pencils, pens and a pair of scissors all floated past during spacewalks.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The spaghetti is then cut with a pair of scissors, making it seem as though the patron is wearing a wig made out of pasta.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

“The cost scissors between rising compliance cost and constrained revenue growth will persist,” the analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Just this week, the northern Kano state said it had ordered an investigation into the death of a woman four months after doctors left a pair of scissors in her stomach following surgery.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

If I’d had a pair of scissors, I’d have cut it all off.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn