chops
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Like many on Martha’s Vineyard, a resort island off Cape Cod that’s teeming with ticks this year, I bid a sad farewell to hamburgers, bacon and lamb chops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
That will be Mr. Pork Chop, he said, and our Ragbrai wouldn’t be complete without eating grilled chops at the pink school bus there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
"Immediately, we were comfortable with each other, and we jacked with each other, and we busted each other's chops, and we laughed a lot," he recalled.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Although his rock career was cut short — he didn’t have the chops to play metal songs on bass — it flipped a switch for a young Díaz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
“She’s in all this trouble and she still busts my chops about giving me a ride to and from hockey practice? She’s got nerve.”
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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