chop

Example Sentences

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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

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

Those for the chop were "characterised by extremely advanced age, decades of human intervention, planting in restricted spaces and on land made unstable by extreme climatic events", the council said.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Low-value cars like mine often end up in "chop shops", shady workshops where they're broken up for second-hand components that sell for a fraction of the hefty prices charged for manufacturers' originals.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

“He means to chop our legs from beneath us....But if he has truly awakened, then why are the agents of the heavens...them?”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi