lop
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The new apartment will lop nearly $800 off their rent, said his wife, 36, adding, “It will be a great help, especially when we’re looking for child care.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
The bonus deduction is written to lop $6,000 or $12,000 from a household’s yearly taxable income.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 22, 2025
In his Newsnight interview, Lowe said of Farage's "brutal" leadership style "If people become, if you like, too tall a poppy, he tends to lop off the head of the poppy".
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
State lotteries typically lop off 24% of winnings for federal taxes, and the bill can run even higher because the top federal income tax rate is 37%.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
Mom’s laser eyes continued to lop off my body parts.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
Bur he lagged behind Antonelli throughout, and although there was less than 0.1secs separating the Mercedes drivers after their first runs, the gap opened when Russell did not improve and Antonelli lopped 0.274secs off his.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The couple watched as a contractor for the local utility company methodically lopped off big sections of the beech outside their home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
A drop in federal spending lopped almost a full percentage point off GDP.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026
Its late autumn slump, which has lopped nearly $750 billion in value from the world’s largest cryptocurrency since its Oct.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
It was lying lopped and dead in the field.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Shares in Oracle have tumbled 40% since early September, lopping nearly $360 billion from its market value, since the company unveiled a huge jump in projected revenue from its burgeoning AI business.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Roley moved from Arizona to Idaho in 2023 to work for his father's tree lopping company, his mother said in a social media post.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
Kipp has estimated that difference in oxygen consumption could result in a three-hour marathoner lopping three minutes off their finish time—reminiscent of the super-shoe manufacturer’s claim of a 4 percent oxygen consumption improvement.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2024
Heeding their calls, the City Council redrew district boundaries in 1972, lopping off Boyle Heights and El Sereno from Lindsay’s district and putting them in the 14th.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Seabiscuit was lopping a foot off of Aneroid’s lead with every stride, but room was running out.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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