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Recent Examples of clipper
Volunteers are welcome to bring shovels, spades, loppers, hatchets and clippers.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Instead, the research was limited to potentially negative things a dog might encounter in an ordinary day, such as a cat or nail clippers.
—Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Bringing personal clippers or files can help reduce contamination risk.
—Lauren Paige Richeson, Health, 14 May 2025
The 10 inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week used electric hair trimmers with multiple clipper blades to help cut their way through the cell walls, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told CNN.
—Ryan Young, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Instead, the research was limited to potentially negative things a dog might encounter in an ordinary day, such as a cat or nail clippers.
—Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Bringing personal clippers or files can help reduce contamination risk.
—Lauren Paige Richeson, Health, 14 May 2025
The 10 inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week used electric hair trimmers with multiple clipper blades to help cut their way through the cell walls, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told CNN.
—Ryan Young, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clipper
Noun
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And the cutter the first inning, just got his hands inside of it and kept it fair.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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Rockies starter Kyle Freeland fired a first-pitch cutter.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
Noun
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The 200 square miles of surrounding coral reefs proved rough for mariners, but divers now reap the benefits with some 300 shipwrecks to explore, from the 192-foot American schooner Constellation that sank during World War II to the Mary Celestia, a Civil War era paddle-wheeler.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
22 May 2025
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The Californian is a 41 year-old wooden topsail schooner that was built as a replica of the 1847 Revenue Cutter C.W. Lawrence.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 June 2025
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Reese Witherspoon and her boyfriend, Oliver Haarmann, were photographed this week enjoying a vacation on a yacht in St. Tropez, France.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
20 July 2025
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In July 2023, the pair spent time with the late Liam Payne and his girlfriend Kate Cassidy on a luxury yacht in Saint-Tropez.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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One of the survivors was Henry Percy, aide de camp to Wellington, who after the Battle had to row halfway across the Channel with the news of the Duke’s victory, as an absence of wind had halted his sloop.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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After an encounter with a whale-like dino, their sloop capsizes.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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The sailer is equipped with a self-tacking jib, too, enabling owners to take control in lieu of a crew.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
30 June 2025
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As of October 2023, more than 600 women were assigned to operational submarines as officers and sailers, according to the institute.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
16 Sep. 2024
Noun
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One was an old paper copy of the duplicate galleys for the last novel in the Toronto Trilogy, which bore an early version of the title—To Name the Bigger Light—shortened, of course, to The Bigger Light when it was published in 1975.—
Darcy Ballantyne
July 16,
Literary Hub,
16 July 2025
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Factors like galley and exit locations and even whether or not the plane has onboard screens can affect the temperature.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Dec. 2024
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Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.—
Jennifer Larino,
NOLA.com,
6 Mar. 2018
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After the travel party’s homemade catamaran flipped, leaving the group to drift in the ocean for over 24 hours, Rockefeller strapped empty gasoline cans to his waist and swam for help.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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The firm’s bet on the high-tech, high-speed world of foiling catamarans signals growing investor confidence in SailGP’s model, a centralized league shifting rapidly to private franchise ownership.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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“Clipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clipper. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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