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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.
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New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2024
An entire skit written by Elaine May — ironically, a sendup of overly prudish movie censors — was scissored by the network.
—Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
While one of his younger brothers David (Harris Dickinson) sleeps in, Kevin sprints across the family’s acreage in a cropped tee and shorts, his mammoth, scissoring arms as propulsive as his pumping thighs.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
At the Locanda Ferrari restaurant, where diners slurped up plates of spaghetti alle vongole and compared notes on their favorite places for eel, Paola Ferrari, 61, scissored the crabs and dumped them in a pan of tomatoes, onions and herbs.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
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If the experimenter reads the information about which slit the photon passed through, there will never be an interference pattern.—
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Police say when an officer tried to detain him, Cooksey threatened to slit the officer's throat.—
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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.—
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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?—
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With the midterm elections looming, the pressure is on for the Fed to temporarily goose the economy by slashing interest rates.—
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The Statesman scooped a city memo detailing funding slashes to nonprofits, which said they were blindsided without notification of the cuts and given very little time to implement them.—
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This slow-growing shrub tolerates shearing well; it can be sculpted into formal shapes.—
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But shearing a bush or tree can ruin the look or balance of a tree.—
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Arsenal’s first half in the 4-1 home win against Aston Villa a week ago — when the visitors continuously broke through the middle of the pitch — was the perfect example of what happens when their partnership is split up, in this case by Rice’s knee injury.—
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In the aftermath, Venezuelan society became further split between the wealthy, who wanted to work with the US, and the working class, who sought autonomy from the US.—
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There’s one more tip that will make slicing soft cheese simple.—
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Grate it for a slaw, or add it thinly sliced to salads for a refreshing crunch.—
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The woman who was stabbed is in stable condition, and the man is in critical condition, the spokesperson said.—
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Early the following morning, Anaheim police officers responded to the intersection of Santa Ana and Helena streets after witnesses reported seeing two men chasing Reyes and one of them stabbing him.—
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Ellis had stolen the ball and ripped all hope from him and his offense on that play.—
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One person was taken into custody after a fire ripped through a synagogue in Mississippi, heavily damaging the historic house of worship in what authorities say was an act of arson.—
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“Scissor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scissor. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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