lop
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The novelist had decided to lop off the manuscript’s opening chapters before publication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The bonus deduction is written to lop $6,000 or $12,000 from a household’s yearly taxable income.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 22, 2025
The council granted a license for the work with specific instructions to "lop the trees, as opposed to felling them" and stated that the work should be completed outside the bird nesting season.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2023
State lotteries typically lop off 24% of winnings for federal taxes, and the bill can run even higher because the top federal income tax rate is 37%.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 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
Bur he lagged behind Antonelli throughout, and although there was less than 0.1secs separating the Mercedes drivers after their first runs, the gap opened when Russell did not improve and Antonelli lopped 0.274secs off his.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The tree’s limbs were lopped off in the wake of January 2025’s Eaton fire, which ravaged Altadena and part of Pasadena, but all these months after the fire, there’s new growth on the tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
That’s lopped several dollars from global oil prices, produced an easing in Treasury bond yields, and stoked risk appetite—tied in large part to the improving AI sentiment.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
The couple watched as a contractor for the local utility company methodically lopped off big sections of the beech outside their home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Salim had snapped one of the Eye, but lopped the top part off, because he was too close.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
Shares in Oracle have tumbled 40% since early September, lopping nearly $360 billion from its market value, since the company unveiled a huge jump in projected revenue from its burgeoning AI business.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Kipp has estimated that difference in oxygen consumption could result in a three-hour marathoner lopping three minutes off their finish time—reminiscent of the super-shoe manufacturer’s claim of a 4 percent oxygen consumption improvement.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2024
Heeding their calls, the City Council redrew district boundaries in 1972, lopping off Boyle Heights and El Sereno from Lindsay’s district and putting them in the 14th.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
She took more than a second off her 400m hurdles personal best in 2021, before lopping off another half second with a 54.73-second run in Rome earlier this month.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2022
Seabiscuit was lopping a foot off of Aneroid’s lead with every stride, but room was running out.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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