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Inside, a motor spins a horizontal four-blade paddle downward into the frozen block, shaving and whipping it into a creamy texture.—Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 July 2025 What To Know In the coming weeks, Earth is expected to spin slightly faster than usual, shaving just over a millisecond—one-thousandth of a second—off the standard 24-hour day.—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025 For men, the skin loses its ability to bounce back from daily stressors like shaving, sun exposure, and environmental damage.—Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025 Those chefs coax a light sear on toro with blow torches, pull sweet uni from wooden boxes, shower thinly sliced scallops with shavings of winter truffle and paint unagi, or fresh-water eel, with roasted bone marrow.—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for shaving
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