chop
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Ali wore the red sequin chador in 15 cities, including at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in 2015, where, during a 12-hour performance, she threatened to chop off 99 baguettes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
I set up my cutting board at the bar in front of the television, clean and chop everything, then stash it in labeled deli tubs.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
“It wouldn’t surprise me if we chop around here for another few weeks,” Nelson said in a phone interview.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
That, she says, “bodes well for investors who are able to look beyond any near-term chop caused by seasonality, geopolitics and the midterm elections.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“If you’re bored, go chop some wood,” Nali said.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Some stalks may need to be cooked or finely chopped to make them more palatable, she adds.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Episodes are chopped up into two-minute dopamine hits, with endless cliff-hangers and plot twists to keep viewers tuned in.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
The grill leans into comfort foods and Americana with crab cakes, spinach artichoke dip, a Lucas-favorite chopped salad, jumbo-prawn cocktails, mac and cheese, and pigs in a blanket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Kennedy flakes the cooled salmon into a metal bowl while Gruel adds an egg, panko, Dijon mustard, chopped red onion, chives, nutritional yeast and avocado-oil mayonnaise.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
But when Luiz, the steersman in Roosevelt’s canoe, took his ax and chopped into the hollow of the tree, Roosevelt could see a waxy formation.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
But they are not alone in this high amount of chopping and changing - and not even the worst.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
As the Mayo Clinic notes, “processing” can include washing, chopping, drying, packaging and a number of other things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Middle managers are on the chopping block at Uber, Intel, Coinbase and other companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
What do you find yourself chopping at the same time, over and over?
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
It is chopping down—with machetes—a tree of huge tallness.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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