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Recent Examples of lop
And at its climax, the Grabber, the franchise killer played by Ethan Hawke, gracefully stalks his victims on ice skates, ready to lop some heads with an axe.
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
The Le Mans-winning car is known as the Ford GT40, which the car maker intended to use as the name of the Ford GT as well before rights issues forced the automaker to lop off the number.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
Blades lop off body parts, while blunt force trauma breaks bones and bashes indentations in soft flesh.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The seemingly ever-present A-lister has graced magazine covers for three decades, her haircut spurring thousands of women to lop off their long locks in the '90s.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
The Le Mans-winning car is known as the Ford GT40, which the car maker intended to use as the name of the Ford GT as well before rights issues forced the automaker to lop off the number.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
Blades lop off body parts, while blunt force trauma breaks bones and bashes indentations in soft flesh.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The seemingly ever-present A-lister has graced magazine covers for three decades, her haircut spurring thousands of women to lop off their long locks in the '90s.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lop
Verb
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Plants tend to grow taller than determinate types and are commonly pruned to maintain a single central stem.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
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Below, Harryson shares her method for pruning Russian sage.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
16 June 2026
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The distribution was pared down even more.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Style them for your next night out with Another Tomorrow’s slinky tank, a pair of Banana Republic trousers, and Chloé’s knotted leather belt for a look that’s pared-back yet packed with punch.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
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Puff sleeves, a scalloped hem, lace trim, and eyelet detailing give this top a soft, feminine edge.—
Jill Layton,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
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Jacob Wilson's two-run single trimmed it to 7-2 in the sixth before the Pirates tacked on five more in the seventh.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
Verb
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Conveniently cropped out are the diverse regional traditions that underpin our national food heritage.—
Ashley Rose Young,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
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This set consists of a cool, cropped tank top and cropped wide-leg pants—perfect for petites who don’t want to trip over the hem of their pants or pay for expensive tailors.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
17 June 2026
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The platform also allows users to translate their podcasts into more than 30 languages, using a cloned version of the Rebel user’s voice, and to immediately clip portions of their podcast.—
Corbin Bolies,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Incidents of planes clipping each other's wings on the ground are not uncommon.—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
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Others have been listed for sale or have cut back on labor, renovating and adding machinery to soap and scrub as well as self-serve vacuum stations.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Anyone who has tried to cut back on coffee knows the cost.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
Verb
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This episode is hilarious, but it’s been so ruthlessly hacked down to giggle moments and ironic smash-cuts that important action and context are missing.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Golf belongs to everyone, anyone with the time and inclination to get out and hack away.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2026
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Evans said things took a turn for the worse in Manila where almost 100 British prisoners died while the ship docked for more than a month after encountering engine problems.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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The ship docks close to town, public transport is nearby, and the main sights can be reached on foot.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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“Lop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lop. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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