shave
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The protected vistas have forced modern developers to shave the tops off skyscrapers or adopt slanted silhouettes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
If we take the 30-year loan and make one extra payment a year, and apply that to the principal, we will shave eight years off the life of the loan.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Faced with the prospect of losing it through chemotherapy, she asked her brother to shave it off for her.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
At least once a week I wonder whether it would be simpler to go full Jada Pinkett Smith and just shave it off.
From Slate ● May 23, 2026
In the photo, his eyes were pointed toward the floor, and hair dotted his chin and upper lip, like he hadn’t gotten to shave.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
A more than $1-a-gallon run-up since January shaves about 5% off her earnings for most journeys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
He retreats to his predecessor Jerry Brown’s rural ranch in Northern California, shaves his head and announces he’s taking a vow of silence until the first leg of California’s high-speed rail project is finished.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
The 37-year-old millionaire has also posted images of hundreds of inmates, their head shaves, in orange uniforms being moved to a new mega-prison, echoing moves by El Salvador's Nayib Bukele.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
Unless polling shows that he shaves a point or so off of their own races, in which case they’ll wave him off.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2024
I love the feel of the scratchy stubble on my father’s face before he shaves.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
With his head shaved and wearing a yellow prison jumpsuit, Farinacci appeared in court where his bail was raised from $1 million to $2 million.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The mediocre headline increase comes with a big caveat: A bigger U.S. trade deficit and smaller inventory replenishment shaved 1.7 percentage points off the economy’s growth rate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
I shaved a few hundred dollars off the expensive nightly rate and got breakfast, a resort credit, early check-in and late checkout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Ray Fenton, the new head coach at Orange Lutheran after earning coach of the year honors at Los Alamitos, didn’t have to wear a hat to cover his shaved head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Once there, their hair was clipped and partially shaved, and their pants were slit on their right leg.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
Who knows where the trend began, but I remain clean shaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Washbourne, who has links to Herefordshire, is described as white, male, about 5ft 6ins, slim, with brown hair and is clean shaven.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
The Sheriff’s Department is looking for the suspect, who was described as a Black male, 6 feet, 2 inches tall, 180 pounds and with a shaven head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
He is described as about 5ft 11ins tall, with short dark brown hair, and is usually clean shaven.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024
A red flush crept up Donatelli's close- shaven cheeks.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
The objects, which sold for a total of £59,761, vary from a Victorian travelling shaving brush by pioneering silversmith Frances Douglas to an Imperial Russian tankard and an Edwardian jewellery box.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Before shaving his head last summer, Robert Capron held a “funeral” for his hair, where he and some friends lit candles and printed out photos of his best hair days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Kluska believes uniQure has a clear shot at launching the drug by late 2027, shaving years off Cantor’s original 2030 timeline.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Forgiveness is posthumously granted through cinema, shaving away anything unpleasant that is no longer necessary to dwell on.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
She caught the mingled odors of incense, candle wax, flowers, and the good black cloth and shaving lotion of the priest.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
