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The AI did, however, lop off part of my hair.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 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

“Maybe you don’t lop off the tops of every mountain,” jokes Selena Deckelmann, chief product and technology officer at the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia.

From Seattle Times Jun. 6, 2024

The immediate objective would be to lop off 2.5 hours a week in 2024 from 40 now, and then gradually cut the working week to 32 hours, she said.

From Reuters Jun. 29, 2023

He said, “I just center the subject as best I can and lop off whatever hangs over on either end.”

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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