scissor

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Recent Examples of scissor While there was a myth that lesbians don’t actually scissor, that has since been debunked. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 Sizzle highlighted above, there are a lot of assumptions around who can scissor. Adejoke Mason, Them, 3 Dec. 2024 Stafford twisted free of an unblocked defender rushing up the middle, ducked under a second would-be tackler, then scissored his legs like a high-stepping Houdini an instant before finding the star receiver with a seven-yard scoring pass. Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024 Introducing Lotus Theory 1 Design and materials The minimalist three-seater EV looks striking from every angle, especially when the doors scissor upwards and backwards to let you in. New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for scissor
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Verb
  • Before police took him into custody, Tran slit his wrists, cut his neck and poked the blade into his stomach, but all of the wounds were superficial.
    Sean Emery, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
  • If it’s baked in a loaf pan, go ahead and slit the top of the batter before baking.
    Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • No longer was the audience in its familiar seat of omniscient spectator, denying the editor the ability to crosscut and seamlessly switch perspectives across the action.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The story crosscut feverishly between the two, giving rise to a ticklishly clever chicken-or-egg conundrum: Was Riley being manipulated, like a puppet, by her confused and unruly emotions?
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Verb
  • The billionaire was an early ally and donor to the president, but left acrimoniously after a four-month stint as a special government employee running the contentious budget-slashing effort known as DOGE.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 29 June 2026
  • Sacramento Kings general manager Scott Perry has vowed to slash his team’s exorbitant payroll to get below the luxury tax threshold.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Second, victims of higher taxes don’t stand still and get sheared like obedient sheep.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • With the jet tipped on its side and nearly sheared in half, several people managed to climb out it while a firefighter using a small ladder rescued the last remaining passenger who appeared to be unconscious.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • While facing some of the premier beach volleyball players in the nation, the duo has split their last four matches.
    Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • The last jackpot win came May 2, when two tickets split $20 million, a relatively small prize that reset the game’s steady climb.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • Thinly slice the tomatoes themselves for the red addition to the salad, and use the oil for the salad dressing — no need to pull out a bottle of olive oil.
    Kate Williams, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
  • Warm scacciata, a traditional Sicilian bread, is presented whole and sliced warm to order.
    Kate Dingwall, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • After Emii’s killing, Bland stabbed and attempted to shoot herself but was unable to because of the extent of her injuries, Handfield said, after the voices in her head were giving her those commands.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • If you are stabbed in the neck outside a LA restaurant, pray Amy Adams is dining at the same establishment.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Pride flags are once again blowing in the breeze on Kings Highway in Haddonfield, New Jersey, less than 48 hours after police say a man ripped most of them down in the middle of the borough's busy business district.
    Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Sequined trousers resembled jeans, while ripped denim was finished with fine silver chains.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026

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“Scissor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scissor. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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