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Recent Examples of lop
One of her twisted arms is lopped off by an angry audience member and turns into a firehose of blood.
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Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
And what better—or more straightforward—way to reinvent yourself than by simply lopping all your hair off?
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2025
Now, however — just two weeks after President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders targeting trans people — the websites of several government agencies are lopping off the back half of the abbreviation or completely removing web pages that mention LGBTQ people.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2025
Use long handled lopping shears to cut back canes that are 1 inch or larger in diameter.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
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Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
And what better—or more straightforward—way to reinvent yourself than by simply lopping all your hair off?
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2025
Now, however — just two weeks after President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders targeting trans people — the websites of several government agencies are lopping off the back half of the abbreviation or completely removing web pages that mention LGBTQ people.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2025
Use long handled lopping shears to cut back canes that are 1 inch or larger in diameter.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lop
Verb
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If pruning for routine winter maintenance, select branches from your trimmings to bring inside.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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Feel free to prune it back as much as needed — even to within a few feet of the ground.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Boston Globe | Getty Images Europe’s Stoxx Healthcare index was 4.4% lower at 10:02 a.m. in London on Wednesday, paring earlier losses but still trading low enough to lead the regional equity sell-off.—
Chloe Taylor,Jenni Reid,Sawdah Bhaimiya,Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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Federal government employment showed a decline of 4,000 jobs from February to March after an initiative by the Trump administration to pare the federal workforce.—
Sylvan Lane,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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Paint the baseboards, crown molding, or trim around doors and windows.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Apr. 2025
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Wiley’s running the numbers on possible price increases for essential construction materials and said tariffs could push up prices for forest products — including lumber, plywood, cabinets, wood doors and trim — by 10% to 15%.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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The 60x digital zoom produces slightly better results than simply cropping a 50MP image would.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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In a few of the tapestries in her new solo show, which opens this week at London’s Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, the artist poses in lingerie, but parts of her body are erased, cropped or censored by heavy pixelation.—
Nicole Acheampong,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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The 27-year-old’s next offering was even more up and in, the baseball colliding with India’s helmet, clipping his ear flap and grazing his face.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2025
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Everybody was able to move out, but two older women were really almost clipped.—
Patrick Smith,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Southwest blamed rising fuel prices, which account for a significant portion of operating expenses, for its decision to cut back offerings.—
Marisa Elrick,
Baltimore Sun,
31 Mar. 2025
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Many other schools have cut back on graduate admissions.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
30 Mar. 2025
Verb
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What is the best way to protect your Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android devices from getting hacked?—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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After all, companies like Google, Amazon or Microsoft must be pretty hard to hack, right?—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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This is the fourth flight of the crew Dragon, which will be bring up nearly 7,000 pounds of supplies, dock to the station 41 hours after launch and remain on the station for three weeks.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2025
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On March 25, one ship appeared to abandon its effort to dock at the pier where two other ships were already berthed.—
Chris Buckley,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Lop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lop. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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