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

Katherine Mansfield could write wonderful lines such as: “The men walked like scissors; the women trod like cats.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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

Mama grasped the scissors from her sewing kit on the table in one hand.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce