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lop

verb as in trim

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Tobacco doesn’t just lop off years at the end of life; it makes the last part of a shorter life more unpleasant, accelerating cognitive decline and increasing dementia risk.

The last shutdown, in 2018, lopped just 0.2% off gross domestic product over its five weeks, according to the Congressional Budget Office External link.

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A few scenes have been lopped off entirely.

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Roley moved from Arizona to Idaho in 2023 to work for his father's tree lopping company, his mother said in a social media post.

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In his Newsnight interview, Lowe said of Farage's "brutal" leadership style "If people become, if you like, too tall a poppy, he tends to lop off the head of the poppy".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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