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chipping

verb

present participle of chip

as in slicing

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Then Bottura started saucing it, slicing it and feeding event attendees who had gathered to watch the spectacle unfold.

— Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Marshall threw him into space, and Nagy did the rest, slicing through the heart of Arizona State’s defense and racing into the end zone to cut the deficit to 24-14 and give KU a semblance of late life.

— Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026

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The machine passed its first live crimping test on May 5, followed by a complete fuel-chopping run on June 2.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
That is about as neutral as a reading gets, which fits a stock chopping below its old high rather than trending hard in either direction.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

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This is what a clever Fair food looks like, mashing classics together in a really simple way.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2026
The idea of mashing avocado onto bread wasn’t new then—the Australian chef Bill Granger had been doing it since the 90s, and home cooks had surely arrived at the pairing on their own.

— Mary Holland, Air Mail, 22 Aug. 2026

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The Raunchiest Miley Cyrus shocked viewers by stripping down to a nude bikini top and briefs and grinding, twerking and thrusting on fellow performer Robin Thicke at the 2013 show in one of the raciest performances in MTV history.

— Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
Consistent with a stock that has been grinding lower off its highs without momentum in either direction.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of grinding

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An itinerant curate with a grating personality, Gerard moved the family around frequently.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
The rest are grating, like a never-ending gag about Gillian traveling with two heavy suitcases that make going up stairs difficult.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

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