lop off
Example Sentences
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The AI did, however, lop off part of my hair.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
In his Newsnight interview, Lowe said of Farage's "brutal" leadership style "If people become, if you like, too tall a poppy, he tends to lop off the head of the poppy".
From BBC • May 15, 2025
“Maybe you don’t lop off the tops of every mountain,” jokes Selena Deckelmann, chief product and technology officer at the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024
PwC acting chief executive Kristin Stubbins told a state parliament inquiry on Monday the firm would not benefit from a sale that will lop off a fifth of its current revenues.
From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2023
He said, “I just center the subject as best I can and lop off whatever hangs over on either end.”
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
