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It’s a culture that forces a grievously injured Kerri Strug down a vault runway, and then coopts her sobs of agony into the victory narrative.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2021

Borrowing many of Nolan’s favorite actors, Pfister also coopts some of Nolan’s weighty themes — of technology’s gifts and curses, and questing intellect run rampant.

From Time • Apr. 16, 2014

But, likemitochondria, McCutcheon’s findings suggest, Tremblaya coopts some host-derived proteins that originally came from other types of bacteria.

From Scientific American • Jun. 24, 2013

Suck the blood from it Management embraces and coopts the words of the new initiative, but ignores the substance.

From Forbes • Dec. 2, 2011