clipper

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Recent Examples of clipper Volunteers are welcome to bring shovels, spades, loppers, hatchets and clippers. Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025 Instead, the research was limited to potentially negative things a dog might encounter in an ordinary day, such as a cat or nail clippers. Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025 Bringing personal clippers or files can help reduce contamination risk. Lauren Paige Richeson, Health, 14 May 2025 The 10 inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week used electric hair trimmers with multiple clipper blades to help cut their way through the cell walls, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told CNN. Ryan Young, CNN Money, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for clipper
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Noun
  • Brown will regain his role as the team’s backup floor general and will thrive as a cutter, screener, and transition player in his minutes with Jokic and Murray.
    Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Grossman said initially the maker space was by appointment only, but now there are open hours where people can make things with a 3D printer, a laser cutter, sublimation machines to put a design on materials, a sewing machine, embroidery equipment and more.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The Californian is a 41 year-old wooden topsail schooner that was built as a replica of the 1847 Revenue Cutter C.W. Lawrence.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2025
  • According to the articles, a schooner named Oriental left Connecticut en route to Philadelphia with five crew members onboard.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The resort has 23 accommodations (ranging from rooms and suites to villas), a private beach, an infinity pool, a beachfront restaurant perfect for admiring sunset views, and a yacht available for charter.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
  • The meeting of different cultures and advanced technologies is enabling us to build a yacht that is revolutionary in many respects.
    Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • One of the survivors was Henry Percy, aide de camp to Wellington, who after the Battle had to row halfway across the Channel with the news of the Duke’s victory, as an absence of wind had halted his sloop.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • After an encounter with a whale-like dino, their sloop capsizes.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The sailer is equipped with a self-tacking jib, too, enabling owners to take control in lieu of a crew.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 June 2025
  • As of October 2023, more than 600 women were assigned to operational submarines as officers and sailers, according to the institute.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Instead of the tailgate galley common on this style of all-terrain squaredrop, Imperial goes with a slide-out kitchen at the rear.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 June 2025
  • Photo : Media Hamptons for Corcoran The galley kitchen.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.
    Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 6 Mar. 2018
Noun
  • This is a dish speaking to the bounty of gorgeous tomatoes that are in peak season come July and through August, and was a joint creation between Miky and Chef Daris Sanae, who works aboard Cat Tua, his 77’ Lagoon catamaran, that’s sailing the Mediterranean this summer.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • For the more energetically inclined, complimentary paddleboards, kayaks, catamarans, and snorkelling gear are available to rent.
    Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2025

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“Clipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clipper. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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