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hacksawing

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present participle of hacksaw

as in sawing

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Once again, the Braves fell to the Mets in a thriller, this time splitting the series.

— Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 7 July 2026
Bill Kober, of Suffolk, England, does at least 40 pushups every day, splitting them between 20 in the morning and another 20 in the evening, according to the BBC.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

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There's also a set that includes the chef's knife as well as a smaller petty knife with a similar design; the latter is great for slicing smaller fruits and vegetables, and for trimming meat.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 July 2026
Former Houston standout guard Kingston Flemings hit a deep jumper — his toe was ruled on the 3-point line — with three seconds left in OT, slicing Utah’s lead to one, 100-99.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2026

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Then Ferrari’s team reboots the underlying technology—centralizing server costs, cleaning up sprawling codebases—while slashing costs.

— Chris Dobstaff, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Higgins said her solution is to speed up permitting by slashing red tape — both for these types of large, city projects and for home and business owners trying to install resilient upgrades.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

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