chop
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The wrist camera captures how every muscle moves as they chop vegetables, season and grill chicken and roll up their shawarmas.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Less successful was Morgan’s early call to replace a chicken-and-rib combo with a photo of a double pork chop to a prominent position on the menu flap.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Now make the briny engine: chop green olives very finely, almost relish-like, and do the same with artichoke hearts: small, but not paste.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
"There is no-one to chop firewood for winter to heat our stoves," they added in an exchange shown on state TV.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
They had spread out, and one of the other women was using an ax to chop the wood.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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