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hacksawed

verb

past tense of hacksaw

as in sawed

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Pieces of fish are hand sliced to the ideal thickness and length, and beautifully adorned with garnishes that dazzle the eye and strategically heighten every bite.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
The project aims to reconnect downtown with the Crossroads and city neighborhoods beyond the loop decades after highway construction sliced through the urban core and isolated the downtown district.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

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Afterward, Lindsay slit her wrists and neck, then jumped out of a second-story window.

— Selena Barrientos, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
Instead Justine shows up to slit his throat and take the baby from him, leaving him for dead; the child winds up disappearing with Holtz into a hell dimension.

— Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

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The interface splits each 2-core fiber into two single-core fibers inside the repeater for efficient amplification, then merges them back into 2-core fibers.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Wanda, a donkey, and Max, a horse, split their time between a farm upstate and a stable in the Bronx.

— Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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A day later, Gravitics Holdings slashed its deal size by a whopping 60% ahead of the space-system developer’s $50 million IPO.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom all slashed spending on foreign assistance after the United States gutted its own budget.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of slashed

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Witnesses said the speeding car jumped over a sidewalk, knocked down a chain-link fence and ripped out another wooden fence before going airborne into the house.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
When the quarterback sneak is ripped from the playbook, creativity isn’t cute.

— Sam McDowell October 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

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