razor blade
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"I borrowed a razor blade to cut the placenta," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“It’s sort of a neon razor blade story of the American dream — we didn’t fit in anywhere, so we made a place for ourselves where we did fit in,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Studying assassinations is indeed like “running a razor blade down the history of international politics: the cut is narrow, but long and deep.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
“They didn’t even have basic supplies, like the scissors you would use to cut an umbilical cord. They were using a razor blade, you know?”
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2024
Ifemelu remembered a nurse cheerfully shaving her pubic hair, the rough scratch of the razor blade, the smell of antiseptic.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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