Example Sentences

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And a big part of the problem in the mid-2000s lay on Wall Street, where banks were slicing and dicing bundles of mortgages into complicated financial structures that ultimately came crashing down.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2021

They were slicing through a thick slab reinforced with rebar, he said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2020

When we arrived, the kitchen staff were slicing baguettes for jambon beurre.

From The New Yorker • May 20, 2019

James, wearing a red Notorious BIG T-shirt, made her way through a camp kitchen where a walkway has been constructed out of wooden boards, where two volunteers were slicing watermelon and chopping vegetables.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2018

Rowan knew they were slicing through the countryside now, but the darkness could have been the airless expanse of space.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman