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Recent Examples of lop
And at its climax, the Grabber, the franchise killer played by Ethan Hawke, gracefully stalks his victims on ice skates, ready to lop some heads with an axe.
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
The Le Mans-winning car is known as the Ford GT40, which the car maker intended to use as the name of the Ford GT as well before rights issues forced the automaker to lop off the number.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
Blades lop off body parts, while blunt force trauma breaks bones and bashes indentations in soft flesh.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The seemingly ever-present A-lister has graced magazine covers for three decades, her haircut spurring thousands of women to lop off their long locks in the '90s.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
The Le Mans-winning car is known as the Ford GT40, which the car maker intended to use as the name of the Ford GT as well before rights issues forced the automaker to lop off the number.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
Blades lop off body parts, while blunt force trauma breaks bones and bashes indentations in soft flesh.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The seemingly ever-present A-lister has graced magazine covers for three decades, her haircut spurring thousands of women to lop off their long locks in the '90s.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lop
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Unlike other fruits and vegetables, tomato plants can withstand a significant amount of pruning and still thrive and produce a bountiful harvest.—
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
19 Apr. 2026
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In cooler regions, prune your orange tree after fruiting is complete, typically in late winter or early spring.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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Oil futures pared earlier gains.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2026
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But when Zbur and others presented it to the Assembly’s Natural Resources Committee, the scope had been pared back to include only Santa Monica.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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As many as a dozen letters — including one from the NBA — were submitted by the attorney for Aspiration Partners co-founder Joe Sanberg ahead of his sentencing Monday in an effort to persuade the judge to trim the 17 years prosecutors have requested for each of the two counts of fraud.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Revisions also have trimmed 69,000 jobs from December and January payrolls, a sign that the labor market remains under strain.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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This light matching set includes a sleeveless mock-neck top and wide-leg pants that are both cropped enough to work as full-length styles on me and my mom.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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On the downside, using the camera at 4K noticeably crops the lens view.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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It was not known which way Woods was leaning before his SUV clipped the back of a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck on a residential road in Florida, turning his vehicle on its side.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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It was not known which way Woods was leaning when his SUV clipped the back of a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck on a residential road in Florida, turning his SUV on its side.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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So the big question really is, how much do these higher costs including groceries, airfare, how much does that force households to ultimately cut back?—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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High school coaches cut back on mileage and intensity in response to charges that runners were burning out in their teens.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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While hacking is hardly uncommon in the crypto world, the Drift breach was particularly sophisticated.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Now is the time to hack back the jungle and reassert some order in your yard.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
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It is expected to run more than 90 percent of its towing and docking operations with zero emissions.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
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Naples is also a major hub for cruise ships, which dock at the Stazione Marittima on the waterfront.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Lop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lop. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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