snip
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They are quick to snip losses and quick to take profits.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
And it’s not just groceries that snip away at her Social Security check.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Artichoke Potato Salad, on the other hand, is ladies luncheon, serve in a pretty bowl, snip some fresh dill, bring on the flavor, bring on the texture, pizzaz-y potato salad.
From Salon ● May 9, 2024
“You pinch or snip six times, and then you’re going to go to 12, and then you’re going to go to 18,” Selody said.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
The middle one cut the yarn, and I swear I could hear that snip across four lanes of traffic.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
While it has been directed with careful attention to shaping its emotional arc by Tim Jackson, “Two Strangers” might have amplified its charms with a few snips of the scissors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Between snips, stylist Mel Sharpe reflects on the game.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
Rpn11 snips off these tags, enabling the misfolded protein to slip into the proteasome core for disassembly.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024
The scientists attached this tag to protein toxins and the gene-editing enzyme Cas9, a large molecular scissors that snips DNA at a location specified by a molecule that guides the scissors to the right place.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 29, 2023
Then she spent about an hour making little snips here and there.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
During that show, Ono sat silently onstage while members of the audience slowly snipped away pieces of her clothes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
One more quiet thread snipped in the broader unraveling of neighborhood-ness.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025
When the tag’s snipped off, he’s delighted, and leaves quickly after exchanging a few words with Karen Lee, the director of the Community Corrections Command.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
Perhaps you feel sad that the life of your placenta was cut short, snipped from existence.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024
A technician snipped off a strand of Matt’s hair and retreated.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
They then lug heavy loads back home, spreading the seaweed out on the ground and snipping off residue.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The woman who had once dreamed of ballet and the Olympics now was snipping stray threads off underwear, under orders to “minimize bathroom breaks.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
"But if we can do gene therapy that doesn't involve snipping DNA strands, then we avoid these potential pitfalls."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
There was no tow on Verstappen's second lap, but he nevertheless improved further, snipping 0.088secs off his own time.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
Principal Trask doesn’t look like she cares one bit that people are upset about her cutting off their armbands; she just keeps snipping.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
