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lopped

verb

past tense of lop

as in pruned

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However, some plants need their foliage for protection over the winter and should instead be pruned in the spring.

— Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 22 Sep. 2026
Climbing Roses Climbing roses should not be pruned in the fall except to remove broken branches.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2026

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Shades of pink introduced a feminine touch in shirtdresses, while the natural shades of a paper-like fabric deployed for crisp tailoring and skirts trimmed with floral appliqués acted as the collection’s chromatic common denominator.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Canada made a layup that trimmed Atlanta's deficit to 41-36 at halftime and Gray capped a 7-0 spurt to open the third with a 3-pointer that gave the Dream their first lead since the opening minute.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

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After a prolonged drought that curtailed previous harvests, Argentina needs the above-average rainfall El Niño will bring, but too much could damage infrastructure and reduce yields, hitting export income.

— DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Fighting has curtailed refinery production and fuel exports from the Middle East, while Ukrainian strikes have damaged Russian refineries.

— Rio Yamat, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

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Middleton paired the look with silver jewelry pieces, but kept her royal power suit moment mostly pared back.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Shares of the company fell as much as 5% in premarket trading but pared back their losses as executives reassured investors on the company's earnings conference call.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

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Trust took another nosedive when OpenAI’s agents attacked Hugging Face this summer and, in a world-first, a rogue model hacked the Australian Government’s website.

— Yerbol Orynbayev, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, had recently disclosed astonishing details about how its artificial intelligence agents had broken out of their systems, hacked into another company and tried to cover their tracks.

— Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

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Running back Kenneth Walker was fined $8,000 by the NFL for throwing the ball out of the end zone in the Chiefs’ season opener against the Denver Broncos, and guard Trey Smith was docked $6,750 for a chop block in that game.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Electric tugs docked alongside an LNG carrier being loaded at the LNG Canada docks in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, on Monday, July 14, 2025.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

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