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cop

[kop] / kɒp /


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Langley responded to Lambert, saying the cop must have known she was from Texas, given the chaos unfolding in the car.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“They can play anything, these nominees. Not just doctors. They can play a cop or an FBI agent or a secret agent. And then that’s it. No other examples.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Of course an actor largely known for taking down sexual offenders on a cop procedural and for being a massive Knicks fan will host the Emmys.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Fans of another 1980s franchise, “Die Hard,” will be pleased to note there is also a part for Reginald VelJohnson, who played John McClane’s cop buddy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

She imagined him describing her to some bored cop typing into a computer, and then the cop filing the report and then...nothing else happening.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Rees told him that any concerns about data-center noise were overblown—the music in her bar is way louder and the cops are never called, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The 69-year-old New Orleans native has never wavered in his claims of innocence, insisting since his 1977 arrest that the cops had the wrong guy.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

In other cases reported in US media, cops used Flock to track women who had abortions -- illegal in several US states.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

The killers of "hero" PC Andrew Harper are due to be released and the red-top reports that Prime Minister Andy Burnham could be taken to court by "furious cops".

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

“Okay,” one of the cops said on his way out, “be more careful.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Outside of a few exceptions, substantial shares of college students in all disciplines have copped to ChatGPT-ing their way through school.

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

Peter Attia, the longevity guru and bestselling author who recently resigned from CBS when his sophomoric banter with Epstein came to light, copped to his blind attraction to power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

I could have copped it for a couple of days but it went on for five days.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

“That’s when I copped on – what I had seen after I fell down that hole were babies.”

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025

But I hadn’t, and now Ms. Faraci was going to wave that thing in the air until someone copped to leaving it on my desk.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

To be clear, Ballmer’s not copping to the laundry list of allegations in the league’s investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

South African lock Lood de Jager will miss the rest of the Autumn Series of internationals after copping a four-match ban for a no-arms tackle a win over France at the weekend.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025

Hugh got involved when he got "fed up with farmers copping a lot of flak" about their emissions.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025

He hasn’t gotten where he is by questioning coaches or copping attitudes.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2024

You know, check the place out—make sure ain't no badges copping some z's in the back.

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers




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