lops

Definition of lopsnext
present tense third-person singular of lop

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Verb
  • Marvel Avengers Expansion Impressions The biggest strength of the Marvel Multiverse Role Playing Game expansions continues to be succinct writing that pares down decades of comic book history into a short but informative chapter.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This is a sweet, redemptive film that pares back some of the more extreme dramatic elements of Perry’s earlier work to tell a straightforward, second-chance-at-love story.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When a user uploads a photo, the algorithm locates the bee, crops the image and compares it to our database.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The holder clips right to your pack or waders and keeps everything in a neat, easy-to-dispense stack.
    Francesca Krempa, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The carry handles each have a magnetic piece that then clips together to form a single bar to grasp.
    Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That figure is likely to keep sliding, particularly if the Fed trims rates later this year.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Some popular models that may require midgrade plus fuel include some Dodge Charger and Jeep Grand Cherokee trims.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The Postal Service™ curtails delivery only after careful consideration, and only as a last resort.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The connection of these celestial entities brightens our drive, but curtails our intuition.
    Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 16 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • According to Military Sealift Command spokesman Joseph Davila, the SBX-1 typically docks at Ford Island every 12 to 18 months for maintenance.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The boy’s father, an exasperated man at the mercy of an Amazon-like delivery job that docks him for every second he so much as thinks about his son, is the only person who even wants to go through the effort of looking for him.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Harnessing the skill of veteran filmmaker Kim Jee-Woon, the series follows the story of a scientist who hacks into the memories of dead people.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • With its 5Ah battery, the Goat mows over 5,000 square feet per charge and gets back to work after just 45 minutes of charging.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Lops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lops. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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