chop

Example Sentences

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The wrist camera captures how every muscle moves as they chop vegetables, season and grill chicken and roll up their shawarmas.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

"There is no-one to chop firewood for winter to heat our stoves," they added in an exchange shown on state TV.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 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

Options range from $19 wagyu oxtail patties to a $48 grilled pork chop served with crab butter, grilled mango and a jus flavored with kuchela, a Trinidadian green-mango relish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

I leave him and go to chop wood for the cook fire.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone