scalps 1 of 2

plural of scalp

scalps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of scalp

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Noun
  • Other figures include handmade chess sets, religious figurines like the Virgin of Guadalupe and skulls made to resemble calaveras, or sugar skulls, which are a symbol tied to Day of the Dead.
    Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • And there are more gameplay modifiers (known as skulls in the Halo universe) than ever before, which allow players to add some extra difficulty and chaos to their sessions.
    Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Take two mint crowns, lightly bruise them with your fingers, and stick them against the inside close to the straw.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Capturing three straight Division 2 state crowns and seven consecutive Hockomock League titles is proof.
    Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As for Sundance’s main slate of world premiere films, the festival is still heads down screening some half a dozen movies a day ahead of lineup announcements later this fall.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
  • For the second year in a row, Messi and Inter Miami, the most expensive and hyped team in Major League Soccer, the team others in the league loves to hate, heads into the playoffs on the heels of a hat trick by the Argentine star.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, something similar typified our evolution, too, which can all too easily be cast as the blossoming forth of ever-plumper craniums.
    Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Walt Disney Imagineering updated the storyline of Black Widow Bride Constance Hatchway earlier this year by turning her from an axe murderer who beheads her wealthy husbands into a more mournful figure overwhelmed by the dread of lost love.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • As king, Shakespeare’s Macbeth meets a tragic end when civil war erupts and his rival Macduff beheads him.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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