lop off
Example Sentences
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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
PwC acting chief executive Kristin Stubbins told a state parliament inquiry on Monday the firm would not benefit from a sale that will lop off a fifth of its current revenues.
From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2023
In other instances, he explained, arborists have climbed up the giant trees to check for embers or to lop off their burning limbs.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022
“First you gotta go in and lop off the branches. Then you chop down the trunk.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
