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Recent Examples of toolingIn the 1960s, Jay Sebring made a giant leap from middle-class Michigan boy and Navy veteran to stylist to the stars, tooling around Hollywood in his Shelby Cobra convertible and jetting off to cut the hair of Paul Newman, Frank Sinatra and more.—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tooling
driving
Verb
Bandit had been found on a rural road in the middle of nowhere and would have died had his rescuer not been driving past.
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Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
That driving tension and anxiety are largely thanks to the team of artisans, which included composer Volker Bertelmann, editor Kirk Baxter and sound designer Paul Ottosson, who worked closely behind the scenes on their respective crafts to bring it together.
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