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lopped

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past tense of lop

as in pruned

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They can be pruned as early as fall and as late as spring before new growth starts.

— Heather Bien, The Spruce, 17 Aug. 2026
Beyond this zone, vegetation should be pruned, thinned and adequately spaced to avoid flames easily spreading.

— John Abatzoglou, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

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Moisés Ballesteros singled and Christian Moore sliced a two-run triple to right field that eluded a diving Jones and trimmed the deficit to 4-3.

— Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The gown also featured a lustrous design of curvaceous floral-like overlays trimmed with gold eyelets.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

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Councilwoman Laura Madigan, D-Ward 1, said the issue surfaced again about two years ago after a semi-truck apparently clipped a new streetlight while making the turn onto Lincoln Street.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
His rhythm is clipped instead of musical, and Truman chooses to emphasize the words of his speech without emotion.

— USA Today, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

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Oil prices remain high as the Iran war has curtailed traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, which once accounted for about 20% of the world’s oil shipments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
The logic of relentless security oversight has also radically curtailed the release of even routine statistics.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

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The rooms Like the rest of the hotel, Maçakızı’s 74 rooms are pared back and unfussy.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
Kalshi pared back injury betting for much of the summer, and for a while, injury markets tied to Nabers and tennis star Carlos Alcaraz were the only ones visible in Kalshi’s app.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2026

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Since a quantum sensor does not need to receive or send a signal to an external device, it cannot be hacked or be spoofed by a fake incoming signal either.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Con, where the company is to demonstrate how its offerings are protecting businesses from agents going rogue, like the situation where an OpenAI model hacked into a company looking for answers on how to solve a problem in the test environment.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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A couple of miles south, things were much quieter (and pricier) at Grand Banks, a schooner turned oyster bar docked at Tribeca’s Pier 25, with views of the Statue of Liberty and the Freedom Tower.

— Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
When it's docked and not in use, the rear camera stays in its space and works as if the gimbal isn't even there.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026

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