chopping block

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Also on the chopping block is $1.6 billion for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which oversees the National Weather Service and other climate and weather agencies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Only 39, he took up the role with gusto, launching into an anti-crime drive that proved popular with the electorate but not enough to keep his head off the chopping block.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Blue Bottle coffee shops may be on the chopping block too, according to analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

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 • Nov. 3, 2025

Once the third aunt who worked at the laundry ran out and bought us bags of candy to hold over our noses; my mother was dismembering skunk on the chopping block.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston