chop
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Prepare the peaches: Peel the peaches, if desired, then remove the pits and roughly chop the fruit.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
"Sadly, there had been numerous attempts by people to chop their nesting tree down and steal the eggs. I thoroughly enjoyed the task, and it was the start of 60 years of volunteering."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
She had worked all her life; even as a small child, her school year was abbreviated so she could chop cotton for a few months on the plantation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
He remembers learning how to chop a piece of wood with one punch.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
They don’t even look down as they chop, and I’m surprised they don’t cut off their own fingers by accident.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
But this week, in the region known as America’s Salad Bowl, around 300,000 pounds of his romaine hearts were chopped and plowed back into the soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Almost anything can be made into a soup — even fresh, chopped lettuce.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Finish the tarts with lemon zest, chopped chives, additional pecorino and another turn of black pepper.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
A majority of products on the company’s recall list are items sold to restaurants and retailers including chopped lettuce, shredded lettuce, blends of iceberg and romaine lettuce, and salad mixes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
They also chopped down trees and lined them up, side by side, along the newly cut path.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
Commercial processing can magnify certain food-safety risks, including chopping and shredding in large facilities where a single contaminated leaf can mix with other produce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
She has now been competing in logrolling for 28 years and began sawing and chopping more recently.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
At one of Snabbit's training hubs in the southern tech hub of Bengaluru, workers rehearse tasks such as chopping vegetables against the clock.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
This is a dinner built for the evenings when the very idea of chopping an onion feels like one task too many.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Andrea grabbed the ax and soon got into a rhythm of chopping, stumping, and tossing firewood.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
