chop
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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
They also harvest corn, herd sheep, care for cows and chop wood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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
The staff has extra time to chop and cook items more carefully, she said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Or at least communicate that this wasn’t her job and that he wasn’t such a useless idiot he couldn’t chop some potatoes like a normal person.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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
Beyond its storytelling, the song’s melody and chopped vocal riff are unforgettable on this track, standing out from the rest of the album.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 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
She chopped her hand into the wall like an axe—hack!—and pulled herself up.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Middle managers are on the chopping block at Uber, Intel, Coinbase and other companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Derbyshire says people are also chopping down branches and trees to light fires, causing damage to the environment.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 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
She took pictures of the jungle gym at the local park, of streetlights at night, of city workers chopping down an oak that had been struck by lightning.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
