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copper

[kop-er] / ˈkɒp ər /














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The shadowed portion could also develop a rusty or copper colored tint.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

It involves inserting electrodes made of materials such as zinc and copper into substances that contain moisture or ions, and then collecting the small but steady electrical currents.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

First, he compared gold to. the long-term inflation-adjusted growth rate of other major commodities — copper, oil, and unusually, bread.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

The miner reported a 3% rise in copper-equivalent production for the first half, which included a lift in copper output, lithium production and global iron-ore sales.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

She just stood there on the ledge, clinging to the drainpipe, the copper cool to her touch.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Mette, who has been with the department for 18 years, told "young coppers" they have a "long way to go."

From Fox News Oct. 21, 2021

Could the man seemingly most committed to rooting out bent coppers be the worst of them all?

From BBC May 1, 2021

“You want to say `I know all these coppers, I know all these things?’

From Washington Times Oct. 13, 2020

There do exist bent coppers as the saying goes.

From New York Times Apr. 13, 2018

Stifling our laughter, we’d hand the crushed coppers across the counter at the company store for candy.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Within the last month Alsop coppered the Longworth bet by wagering heavily on Ike to run.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their brown skins coppered by the rosy glow of the setting sun, they stood in strained suspense awaiting the climax.

From Terry A Tale of the Hill People by Thomson, Charles Goff

The French ships also had a great advantage in being coppered, besides which, though respectively carrying the same number of guns as the British, they were much larger vessels.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles

She was a brand-new vessel, measuring three hundred and seventy-six tons, oak-built, coppered, and copper fastened; of immense beam, and very shallow, drawing only ten feet six inches of water.

From The Log of a Privateersman by Rainey, W. (William)

On the 8th she was taken into dock, not having been coppered since 1784.

From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir

Clampett & Co. expect to get richer still on royalties, and are coppering their bet by making a round-the-world tour, beating bandits and fattening the market for their book.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every thing necessary for repairing a vessel appeared to be on hand, and Mr. C. was then engaged in coppering the one on his dock.

From Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas by Macaulay, W. Hastings

Not that you have not played your game well enough, but there never was a game played so well that some other fellow could not win by coppering it.

From 54-40 or Fight by Hough, Emerson

Well, have your own way; but I'll fool you again, while you're coppering me.

From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Wilson, Harry Leon

This year also the experiment for coppering ships’ bottoms as a preservation against worms was introduced into the Royal Navy, and tried on the Alarm frigate, of 32 guns.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles




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