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Recent Examples of scalp
Noun
Surgeons explain why a certain method suits your hair type and how grafts will be allocated to the frontal band, mid scalp, and crown.—Maria Williams, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025 Yes, skincare and haircare, which means your favorite players will be lacing up with supple skin and a moisturized scalp.—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
The sky is instantly filled with flying arrows, falling victims right and left, as attackers on horseback and on foot zoom in and out frame, shooting, stabbing, scalping and engaging in hand-to-hand combat.—Todd Longwell, Variety, 10 June 2025 Nintendo prepared for the possibility of scalping ahead of the game console’s preorder period; buyers who wanted a unit directly from their stores could only purchase one system per account and had to meet specific requirements, including 50 hours of playtime on their Switch account.—Megan Farokhmanesh, Wired News, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for scalp
The 225-grain handload had not penetrated the skull, but had probably torn through jaw muscles and ranged into the neck.
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Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
Neuralink has a backlog of 10,000 individuals interested in having its N1 device drilled into their skulls, according to President and Co-Founder Dongjin (DJ) Seo.
The reconstructed cranium appeared large and long, with a broad and flat braincase, according to the paper.
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Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
At one point, a character is forced to stand in front of an automatic football launcher and take a series of pigskins to the cranium, each of which is shot at him with increasing speed.
Israel, already emerging from a year of history-bending military operations—crippling Hamas in Gaza, decapitating Hezbollah's command structure, and setting back Iran's nuclear program—now stands at the threshold of something larger.
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Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
Didn’t Gallieni also allow Captain Girard to massacre the entire village of Ambiky on August 29, 1897, and decapitate King Toera of the Sakalavas, who had put up a great resistance against the French colonial advance?
Prune If Needed Late winter to early spring is the best time to prune most fruit trees, because most are dormant at this time and diseases are less likely to spread.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
Without hesitation, Dick told me to cut the blooms and enjoy them in a vase indoors, and to prune the rose.
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Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Oct. 2025
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