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Recent Examples of lop
Baby, the medical staff all say, lopping off the article.
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Erica Stern
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
After lopping off Wayland's arm, Lori triumphs by jamming her tiara into one of the mask's eyeholes.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 May 2025
The pitching mound was lopped off and covered with a Kicks logo.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025
The fruits of all that research have been blithely and abruptly lopped off the vine.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Erica Stern
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
After lopping off Wayland's arm, Lori triumphs by jamming her tiara into one of the mask's eyeholes.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 May 2025
The pitching mound was lopped off and covered with a Kicks logo.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025
The fruits of all that research have been blithely and abruptly lopped off the vine.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lop
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Other hydrangea types, like panicle and smooth, grow on new wood so they can be pruned in fall, but waiting until spring provides protection against new growth emerging during warm spells.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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This is typically done using techniques like quantization, which involves using fewer bits to represent a model’s weights, or pruning out connections in the neural network that aren’t contributing much to performance.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Sep. 2025
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Once its largest shareholder with a 40% stake, Lefkofsky stepped down from an active leadership role at Groupon in 2015 and has since pared his holdings to just under 10%.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Dress it up with a pair of tights, a skirt, and some ballet flats, or pare it down with your favorite jeans, a tote bag, and some comfy sneakers.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Sep. 2025
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Undeterred, Rodgers connected on a five-yard touchdown pass to Jaylen Warren to trim the deficit to 26-24.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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For his efforts, which also included spending more than $7,000 to trim trees and cut down two redwoods and a fir, he was rewarded with a certificate from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety that persuaded his insurer to maintain his coverage.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Plus, they’re slightly cropped, which is great for someone of my height.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Sep. 2025
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Levi’s happens to make the best baggy jeans, in my opinion, with an inseam long enough for tall ladies that doesn’t awkwardly crop before reaching the heel.—
Bianca Kratky,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
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Assembly is best as a two-person job, but pretty much consists of clipping the arms to the seats and plugging in the motors.—
Zoë Sessums,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
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The video quickly clipped to the white sedan engulfed in flames.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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That’s after Ontario Creates launched an Ontario Green Screen collaboration to cut back on food and materials waste and carbon footprints on sets across the province.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Foliage can be cut back low in late winter for lush spring growth.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Sep. 2025
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In the hacking campaigns Proofpoint analyzed, cybercriminals attempted to trick users into downloading and installing Stealerium as an attachment or a web link, luring victims with typical bait like a fake payment or invoice.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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For example, Dior’s Instagram account was hacked in February.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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New satellite imagery has captured the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier docked at a port in Oman on the coast of the Arabian Sea.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Where do cruise ships currently dock in Milwaukee?—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Lop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lop. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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