bop
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The curvilinear bop of a good and expertly undulating narrative lede.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The company says its "companion-centric" device can interpret human gestures and bop to musical rhythms, as well as take selfies and steady videos.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
He adds a funky countermelody, reminiscent of Horace Silver or Lee Morgan, and remakes “Billy Joe” into a remarkable slice of hard bop, a 12-minute roller-coaster ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
The strangest song Jepsen has ever written, according to Jepsen: “Store,” the improbably exuberant bop about grocery shopping that she sang at the Troubadour while two-stepping down an imaginary frozen foods aisle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Even as I help cook, I bop, snap, do a little two-step, and follow along as Layla and Kayla practice their dance moves for the block party's talent show.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
In a sparkly gold dress, the 20-year-old floated above the pressure, bopped along to the music of Donna Summer and glided her way to stardom—and the top of the podium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Szabolcs Csépe, from Budapest, bopped to over 3000 songs and burned more than 22,000 calories in his quest to romp into the record books.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
She says that gun owners “are bopped over the head constantly with safety,” from all parts of the gun industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
He did a nine-month tour in Afghanistan before leaving the Army, then bopped between a few jobs before returning to the familiarity of working with his dad.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
I definitely deserved one, I thought, and bopped to Grovenor’s room like a prom king in the making.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
Iran is no bastion of free expression, in other words, which anyone bopping to those raps about enacting revenge on “the Baal-worshipping Epstein crew” must remember.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
It’s hard to disagree that the current system, with quarterbacks bopping from campus to campus like jam bands and 26-year-olds lining up against 18-year-olds, needs revision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
The aunties seemed genuinely delighted, bopping along to Bruno Mars as if this were the triumph of civic joy they had been waiting for since Election Day.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026
When Nash-Betts isn’t on set, she can be found bopping around the city with her “hersband” singer-actor Jessica Betts, whom she married in 2020, and spending time with her three adult kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
“Thank you, Dr. Z!” said Mr. Lemoncello, bopping the button to make the audience cheer again.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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