shave
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"He didn't want to shave his beard off," Thomson said laughing.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The new method appeared to shave several tenths off the previous rate of inflation, but not enough to suggest a major change in the trend.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
He refuses to shave until he’s released, Cabrera said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Drought and record heatwaves across France this summer will shave 0.1 percent off the country's economic growth this year, adding to the heavy human toll, the finance ministry said Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
I couldn’t believe that the man who could top a tree faster than most men take to shave ever thought on something as slow and small as tinkering.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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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
In the capital Kabul, a 25-year-old barber lamented that "there are a lot of restrictions" which go against his young clients' preference for closer shaves.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
The tram offers hikers who don’t feel like taking the strenuous Cactus to Clouds route: From the tram’s Mountain Station, you can hike 10 miles out and back, which shaves off about 10 arduous miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 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’m pretty sure his mother shaves his facial hair,” said Evan.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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First to Atlanta to cut Okonma’s hair, then New York City, where he gave another regular client, Steve Lacy, a shaved version of a Chelsea cut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Now, the accused are now being brought to court with shaved faces, wearing orange jumpsuits.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
It included Trump Jr.’s brother-in-law Jared Kushner, Eric Trump — and Kremlev, an imposing man with a shaved head who speaks limited English.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Her son requested she have her head shaved with a bit left at the front in homage to Brazilian footballer Ronaldo's memorable hairdo at the 2002 World Cup - and she obliged.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The shortcut shaved off nearly eight thousand miles for ships traveling from New York to California.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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Who knows where the trend began, but I remain clean shaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Gaunt, head shaven and still in his padded blue prison jacket, he admitted his head was spinning from all the sensations after four years in jail.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
And then there are the images of the migrants deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, shackled one behind the other in prison garb, their heads bowed and shaven.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
He is described as about 5ft 11ins tall, with short dark brown hair, and is usually clean shaven.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024
The silver streak in his closely shaven head glows in the subtle darkness, and the crescent-shaped scar under his right eye looks deeper.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Investment contracted by 0.6 percent, and foreign trade also made a negative contribution to growth, shaving 0.6 percentage points off GDP growth.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Schick revolutionized shaving with injector razors and multiblades in a single cartridge, slugging it out in the marketplace for decades with rival shaving giant Gillette.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Appliance maker SharkNinja is building a tool to allow its finance team to monitor profitability in real time, potentially shaving weeks off the cumbersome process of building a forecast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
While her least favourite of the sprint disciplines, that continues to involve winters focused on shaving time off her 60m best, which she again lowered this season to 7.04 - the eighth-fastest worldwide this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
She watched him put the cap on the tube of shaving lather.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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