Some varieties of slicing cucumbers have very tender skins and bruise easily.
—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
28 May 2026
Nothing arrived pre-chopped, so there was still some prep, but it was limited to quick tasks like slicing scallions, dicing a pepper, and chopping cashews.
The man then raised up the stick and struck the church-going victim in the head before slashing her neck.
—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
2 June 2026
The energy regulator signed off on the preferential electricity tariff for Glencore’s local venture and Samancor Chrome, slashing power prices by over 50% from the standard baseline.
Inequality is cleaving the haves and the have-nots.
—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2026
The shakeup in Kraft Heinz’s senior ranks is an initial step in CEO Steve Cahillane’s ambitious plan to turn around the company, instead of cleaving its top-performing condiments and boxed meals apart from its lower-growth grocery staples.
That increases a rising air motion that tends to drop shearing winds over the Atlantic that can disrupt the structure of tropical cyclones.
—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
The plants bloom in late spring and early summer and can be encouraged to bloom again by shearing the plants back by two-thirds after the first flowers fade.
—
Lynn McAlpine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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