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The 88-year-old had been trimming shrubs on a mid-August morning before she slipped and fell into a nearby lagoon that was part of her community for residents ages 55 and up, the Island Packet reported.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

No eyewitnesses were found, and Humphrey could not say what type of tree the man had been trimming.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2022

Dr. Hickey, a saturnine young man, with a long nose and a black torpedo beard, returned to his pocket the lancet with which he had been trimming his nails.

From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin

"Good-night, Tom; I do hope it will be fine for to-morrow," the black-haired girl was saying at her door, holding in her hand the new hat she had been trimming.

From Impressions of a War Correspondent by Lynch, George

In the midst of it a man who had been trimming the opposite hedge appeared and stared at me.

From Tono Bungay by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)