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Recent Examples of choppingJegadish clipped her smart phone to a headset and began chopping a carrot, her phone recording her every hand movement.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
14 Oct. 2026 Williams-Sonoma spent most of the past year chopping between $165 and $220 with no real direction.—
Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2026 Some of the skulls also showed signs of sharp-force trauma, including signs of chopping to one of the skull’s eyes.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
5 Oct. 2026 One employee was chopping ginger while sitting on the floor; another, preparing chapatis with a rolling pin, was wearing shorts.—
Zishaan A Latif,
New York Times,
3 Oct. 2026 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 Molli Voraotsady, the chef, was up late Saturday night chopping the mushrooms and making the marinade for the pork filling.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2026 Santoku knives are great for a large variety of tasks, and are often prized for their daily use for things like slicing cheese, cutting an apple, breaking down an onion, or chopping herbs.—
Jesse Raub,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Sep. 2026 Skinning rabbits, chopping wood, and running interference between his parents.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2026