cutting up
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Volkswagen on Friday said that a slide in sales accelerated in the second quarter, as the crisis-hit German auto group reportedly considers cutting up to 100,000 jobs worldwide.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
You can assist her in cutting up her credit cards and freezing her accounts at the major credit bureaus to make it difficult for her to take out more loans.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
On Friday, three days after the fire began, Charles Phillips was outside his home on Sinaloa Avenue with a borrowed chainsaw, cutting up pieces of tree branches that had fallen in front of his house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
It would mean cutting up to 3,000 jobs by next spring, before construction begins of an electric furnace that melts scrap.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2023
He switched on Radio 2 for the weather forecast, then began cutting up the 1981 Highway Code with scissors.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
