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Recent Examples of choppedBegin by mashing the garlic and a bit of salt with the flat side of a chef’s knife, then work in the basil in handfuls until finely chopped.—Martha Stewart,
25 July 2026 The fee is disclosed up front, chopped into weekly payments, and, in his telling, never grows.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2026 In TikTok videos shared ahead of her tour, West chopped her neon blue strands in a shoulder-grazing bob with bold blunt bangs.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
23 July 2026 Andy Pages chopped a slow bouncer up the middle, and Turner charged.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
21 July 2026 Berube says Democrats chopped the legs out from under someone who had brought people back into politics.—
Tamara Keith,
NPR,
14 July 2026 Jean shorts had a yellowish antique tint and were chopped and frayed.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
9 July 2026 Fresh marigold leaves were rinsed, chopped, crushed, centrifuged, filtered, and evaporated.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
6 July 2026 Lindsey’s is pure Arkansas-style barbecue featuring a familiar roundup of chicken, hot link sausages, pork shoulder, and pork spare ribs, and beef that was served either chopped or sliced.—
Adrian Miller,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
The scramble for capacity is already spilling into the capital markets, where the risk gets sliced up and sold to investors as catastrophe bonds.
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Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2026
With that knife, Bland stabbed her husband in the head and neck — and, afterward, sliced her teenage daughter in the forearm as the teen tried to get Emii from Bland, the report says.
Chopped strawberries, blackberries, diced peaches, and/or diced apples should all work here, too.
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Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 July 2026
Today, Sauk Trail, which once weaved its way from Rock Island and the Mississippi River on the west to Indiana and beyond, has been chopped, diced, and sliced by road builders.