Example Sentences

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One of them will snip the nets Saturday night and book travel for Houston.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023

An orchardist will snip a short length of scion wood from a vigorous tree and bury it in moist soil.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2012

Sometimes the local stations will snip an additional 10 seconds off network time without permission, and sell that too.

From Time Magazine Archive

All together, the move will snip Government payments to farmers this year by $500 million, to about $3.2 billion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet, little as it is, the pupil's stupid body servant takes the first bite, and the steward will snip off a something for himself.

From Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman by Miller, Frank Justus