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The struggling pizza chain saw its same-store sales shrink 2%, a steeper decline than the 0.1% decrease projected by StreetAccount estimates.—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025 Elon Musk came to Washington with a chain saw and left with a black eye.—Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 June 2025 But Musk himself has tried to take a chain saw to federal spending through his work leading the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, which claims to have saved $180 billion since January, including by canceling contracts, though that figure remains highly disputed.—Paresh Dave, Wired News, 6 June 2025 Elon Musk waving around a chain saw was more than an instantly viral moment.—Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chain saw
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