Example Sentences

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Pebble pinchers are being asked to return them to a popular tourist beach in an effort to claw back stones that are key for coastal defences.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

Yeung also questioned why Tesla opted for its robot to have a human-like hand with five fingers, noting “there’s a reason why” warehouse robots developed by startup firms use pinchers with two or three fingers.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

Scorpions with slender pinchers were also on the deadlier side, they determined.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2022

This raises the question: Who is getting more bang for their buck, the Yankees with A-Rod or the Astros’ penny pinchers?

From Washington Post • May 12, 2013

If my eyes had pinchers on them, I’d grab at the letters and hold them still.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor