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Examples

  • Mike slowly drew open the sliding lid from the box and removed one of the cotton-tipped wooden applicators.

    The Dead House Linda Fairstein 2001

  • You can use a long cotton-tipped instrument to try to push the surrounding attachments away.

    The New Yorker Atul Gawande 2011

  • You can use a long cotton-tipped instrument to try to push the surrounding attachments away.

    The New Yorker Atul Gawande 2011

  • But fortunately, he considers himself an exemplar of pacifism; that is - when he's not lying on his White House rotating oval bed, picking off cotton-tipped Muslim terrorists from his wide-screen TV with a remote-controlled, jacked-up glider, bearing heat-seeking missiles.

    Canada Free Press Kelly O'Connell 2010

  • "Avoid inserting anything into the ear canal, including cotton-tipped swabs," Rosenfeld said.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010

  • "Avoid inserting anything into the ear canal, including cotton-tipped swabs," Rosenfeld said.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • "Avoid inserting anything into the ear canal, including cotton-tipped swabs," Rosenfeld said.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • Zac Efron with the cotton-tipped sticks after he was snapped with

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2009

  • Zac Efron with the cotton-tipped sticks after he was snapped with

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2009

  • Zac Efron with the cotton-tipped sticks after he was snapped with

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2009

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