- comparative of trim.
trimmer
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Men with enormous beards that have never known the touch of a trimmer.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
From the trunk of his car, Ito retrieved the first of several tools — an orange Black & Decker weed trimmer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
Like Tom, Adam, who has also dealt with depression and anxiety, has his own experience of unwillingly shaving his beard after a trimmer malfunction left him with no other option.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2023
“Due to the large amount of overtime, a journeyman line clearance tree trimmer can make $70,000 to $120,000 per year, give or take,” Shaw said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
Then I noticed that the old lady who lives at number 39, which is on the other side of Mrs. Shears’s house, was in her front garden cutting her hedge with an electric hedge trimmer.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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Tree trimmers for DTE Energy have been driving around cutting limbs that appear to be closing in on power lines as part of a long-term effort to reduce outages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
He encouraged residents to make their homes as fire-resistant as possible, getting out the weed trimmers, clearing roofs of leaves and digging under decks for dead vegetation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
For example, at Share Bristol - A Library of Things, instead of borrowing books you can borrow sanders, hedge trimmers and popcorn makers amongst other items you're unlikely to use everyday.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
But purveyors of men’s shaving and personal grooming equipment are not hurting—market analysis from June 2022 indicates that instead of razors, men are now instead investing more in electric trimmers.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 7, 2023
Nail files, hedge trimmers, and homemade flamethrowers were more his speed.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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