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  • Somebody produces a key or bolt-cutters, the cuffs are removed and he's dragged away.

    Premier League clockwatch | Barry Glendenning 2012

  • The activists used bolt-cutters to get into the E-9 Minuteman II facility, located just northwest of the White Shield, North Dakota.

    Boing Boing 2006

  • They also seized a carload of "lock boxes," homemade devices designed to impede bolt-cutters when demonstrators chained themselves together.

    Getting Ready For 'Seattle Ii' 2008

  • Have you ever tried to open a lock without a key or bolt-cutters or special powers?

    bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2006

  • We were told stories of bicycle thieves who roamed Liverpool with bolt-cutters and vans, sweeping up any bikes that were left unlocked, or secured with only a flimsy chain, or locked wheel-to-frame.

    Rape prevention versus theft prevention 2005

  • C'mon, burning man dudes and dudettes, get out the bolt-cutters.

    Archive 2005-06-01 sfmike 2005

  • C'mon, burning man dudes and dudettes, get out the bolt-cutters.

    Chain Link Update sfmike 2005

  • I'd purely love to spend about three days taking her apart with a pair of bolt-cutters.

    Cockroaches at large - BatesLine 2005

  • Degenaar said bolt-cutters had been found in the group's possession.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Degenaar said bolt-cutters had been found in the group's possession, apparently to break into a store.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

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