You can use electrocautery, a hook, a pair of scissors, a sharp-tip dissector, a blunt-tip dissector, a right-angle dissector, or a suction device.

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McGregor needed to make a fine flying save to tip away a sharp shot on the turn from Brazilian-born forward Cacau.

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When lightning strikes a plane, the bolt typically hits a sharp part of it, such as a wing tip.

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The researchers tried three ideas: a single tungsten tip, an array of silicon tips, and a film containing jagged fragments of synthetic diamond, whose sharp angles acted as tips.

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