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chop

[chop] / tʃɒp /


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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

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

In the Women's Underhand Chop, where competitors stand on a piece of wood and chop between their feet, she cut through 11in of white pine in 21.28 seconds.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

“Who’s going to chop the wood while Tiller’s getting his strength back?”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

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

Roughly chop the onion by hand, or pulse it briefly in a food processor until finely chopped but not puréed.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

The 26-year-old, who took a career-best 6-55 in the first innings, bowled Jake Weatherald for 0 and Travis Head for 17 as both players chopped on to their stumps.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

As the family settled down, Gul Khan’s teenage son brought a starter salad to their table, along with glasses of dogh, a yogurt drink filled with chopped cucumbers and mint.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

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

They also do farmwork, like harvesting corn, herding sheep, caring for cows and chopping wood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

A sausage-and-pepper meal starter eliminates most of the chopping; canned tomatoes provide the sauce’s backbone; and a few spoonfuls of prepared sun-dried tomato pesto pull everything into focus.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 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

He could often be found baling hay and chopping wood at his country home on Long Island, refusing to let any physical limitations get in his way.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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