chopping block
Example Sentences
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“I know that I’m on the chopping block. Like, I live there!” he said in his Oct.
From Salon
Anchor Gayle King, whose job is rumored to be on the chopping block, forcefully pushed back on Friday: “What I’m not gonna do is negotiate in the media. Not doing that!”
From Salon
The white-collar jobs on the chopping block have been roles that many American workers aspired to secure.
He rants to his friends about how the government “can’t cancel a show” and wonders what might be next on the chopping block.
From Los Angeles Times
The California Air Resources Board administers its own state-level greenhouse gas reporting program that in some ways exceeds that of the federal program now on the chopping block.
From Los Angeles Times
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