chop

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Less successful was Morgan’s early call to replace a chicken-and-rib combo with a photo of a double pork chop to a prominent position on the menu flap.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Cipolla said Edison executives told him they eventually plan to chop off the top of new utility poles the company installed after the fire, leaving the lower portion that holds the telecom lines.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Those for the chop were "characterised by extremely advanced age, decades of human intervention, planting in restricted spaces and on land made unstable by extreme climatic events", the council said.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Low-value cars like mine often end up in "chop shops", shady workshops where they're broken up for second-hand components that sell for a fraction of the hefty prices charged for manufacturers' originals.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

He showed them how to chop carrots and blanch greens, shifting our family away from the fluorescent sameness of the grocery store and toward the rhythm of the seasons.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama