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Recent Examples of lop
Blades lop off body parts, while blunt force trauma breaks bones and bashes indentations in soft flesh.
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
There is a sense that if the jobs historically went to Democrats with a demographic that mimics the makeup of our country, the chainsaw lopped that department.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 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
In addition to the full-size keyboard (the subject of this review), Razer also offers a smaller TKL variant ($199), with the number pad lopped off.
—PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
There is a sense that if the jobs historically went to Democrats with a demographic that mimics the makeup of our country, the chainsaw lopped that department.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 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
In addition to the full-size keyboard (the subject of this review), Razer also offers a smaller TKL variant ($199), with the number pad lopped off.
—PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lop
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Timing Tips For Trimming And Pruning Spring-flowering trees and shrubs should be pruned immediately after blooming to encourage more blooms for reblooming plants or to avoid cutting off buds that have set for next year’s blooms.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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Although these easy-care plants are relatively flexible about pruning, cutting daylilies back at the wrong time potentially makes your plants bloom less next season and causes other problems, too.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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Renk and Leonardo initially led the pan-European Stoxx 600 index, moving more than 4% higher, but pared gains through the session.—
Tasmin Lockwood,
CNBC,
8 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s edict was light on details — and the shares pared those losses in later trading — but the message was sent.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Fears aired an alley-oop dunk to forward Carson Cooper on the next play, the first score of the second half, to trim Arkansas’ lead to 39-38.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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The key is to fold the scarf over itself to create volume and to look for a lace trim that leaves the hem frayed, so as not to look too formal.—
Arancha Gamo,
Glamour,
9 Nov. 2025
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The mom of four says that people cropped out North's friends and made the image just her, resharing it on the Internet.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Those videos, some with the watermarks cropped or blurred, have deluged social media in the wake of Hurricane Melissa.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Once Jeopardy's John Pork question was clipped for TikTok, users on the platform argued that the clue wasn't completely accurate, as John Pork appeared on social media as early as 2018, before generative AI was widely accessible.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Melissa went on to tear through Cuba and the Bahamas before clipping Bermuda on its way out to sea.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Nov. 2025
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After frost has killed the aboveground vegetation, cut back cannas and dahlias and dig them.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Nov. 2025
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That means possibly needing to cut back on spending, work a year or two longer, tap into home equity, or lean on family.—
Fiona Greig,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Now, nation-states are beginning to dominate the sector, moving hundreds of millions or even billions in funds obtained through hacking or fraud.—
Carlos Garcia,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Peterson, who did indeed return to the court, was hacked on an off-balance 3 with one second to play.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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The ships − the Motor Tanker Bella I, now named the Marinera, and the Motor Tanker Sophia − were last docked in Venezuela or en route to the country, Noem said.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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There are two spacecraft capable of returning humans to Earth docked to the station, including the SpaceX Dragon that will be used to bring the crew home.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Lop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lop. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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