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Recent Examples of lopOne of her twisted arms is lopped off by an angry audience member and turns into a firehose of blood.—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025 And what better—or more straightforward—way to reinvent yourself than by simply lopping all your hair off?—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2025 Now, however — just two weeks after President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders targeting trans people — the websites of several government agencies are lopping off the back half of the abbreviation or completely removing web pages that mention LGBTQ people.—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2025 Her pixie cut predecessors include, most recently, Zoe Kravitz, Charlize Theron, and Jodie Turner-Smith, while, through the years, actresses Halle Berry and Winona Ryder have established the power of lopping off one’s long locks in favor of the face-framing style.—Ashley Davis, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lop
Four years ago, Joseph R. Biden Jr. collected $62 million (nearly $76 million in 2025 dollars) for his inauguration, though that celebration was pared down because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Theodore Schleifer,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the euro was choppy on Monday, paring gains against the greenback to fall 0.3% in the afternoon.
The whispers of slimmer fitting silhouettes have been swirling on the runways: Indie sleaze-leaning skinny jeans at McQueen and Balenciaga, to the more Parisian chic straight leg and cropped trousers of Chanel, while Boss and Marni herald closer fit capris as a perfect springtime piece.
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Paulina Berges,
Vogue,
12 Apr. 2025
Pictures with her in it have been cropped out, and there’s no mention of her in the pages.
Two American Airlines planes clipped wings at Reagan National Airport, the FAA said.
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7News WJLA (Washington),
Baltimore Sun,
10 Apr. 2025
Washington — Several members of Congress were on a plane that was sitting on the tarmac waiting to leave Washington on Thursday when it was clipped by another aircraft.
Because tariffs raise prices, Americans are expected to cut back on spending — a potentially major problem given that 70 cents of every $1 in the nation's gross domestic product is based on consumer spending.
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Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2025
Homeowners are increasingly forced to cut back on discretionary spending or dip into savings just to keep up with the costs of staying put.
Such is the case of the latest warning for Windows users as threat actors look to exploit the April 15 U.S. deadline for filing taxes in order to hack your Microsoft account password.
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Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
What is the best way to protect your Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android devices from getting hacked?
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Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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