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But Musk himself has tried to take a chain saw to federal spending through his work leading the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, which claims to have saved $180 billion since January, including by canceling contracts, though that figure remains highly disputed.—Paresh Dave, Wired News, 6 June 2025 Elon Musk waving around a chain saw was more than an instantly viral moment.—Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 But in Term Two, the administration has taken a chain saw to universities, federal jobs and federal funding for scientific research, which has prompted talk of a brain drain, with scientists looking for work in other countries.—Steve Lopez, Mercury News, 7 May 2025 The prosecutor told the court that a wedge cut out from the tree had later been photographed next to a chain saw in the trunk of Mr. Graham’s Range Rover.—Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chain saw
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