dope

We’ve already made fun of Eric Schmitt in this edition, and we will continue to do so later on, because it’s rare that someone is caught so red-handed being a dope.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

The dope is dopey, and it’s unfortunately only a foray into mushier territory.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

American swimmer Hunter Armstrong has said he "definitely" doesn't want to dope for the games, adding: "I personally have taken pride in getting as far as I can on natural God-given talent."

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

“I was a dope for responding to that at all,” Tramo said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

“Maybe don’t stand there like a dope and go get him a towel, Grier.”

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

But you might have no idea if you’ve been listening to hockey-ignorant media dopes like me lather attention on the incoming World Cup and the East Coast-pleasing, media-hub Knicks-Spurs NBA final.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

It’s not much of a fight — and Josh isn’t much of a catch — but one of Dunham’s talents is her ability to capture the allure of heartbreakers, scuzzballs and dopes.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022

We straight-up mocked the dopes and losers who chose to stay in the frozen wastes of New England or the Midwest, making snowballs while we plucked oranges from our own backyard trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022

In a 2017 meeting at the Pentagon, he called his top generals “losers” and “a bunch of dopes and babies,” according to “A Very Stable Genius,” by Post reporters Philip Rucker and Carol D. Leonnig.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2020

I partly blame all those dopes that clap their heads off--they'd foul up anybody, if you gave them a chance.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday he was "uncomfortable" with the presence at the 2026 Winter Olympics of the coach of the doped Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

The doped organic semiconductor has better conductivity than traditional semiconductors, and the process can be scaled up.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024

The chemical composition of the crystals, plucked from rocks in Australia, hint that they formed from magmas doped with freshwater, a team of scientists argues.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024

An independent tribunal ruled Halep had "intentionally" doped and gave her a four-year ban.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024

Rattlesnakes and doped semiconductors detect infrared radiation perfectly well.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

And as City, which denies any wrongdoing, awaits an unprecedented penalty for financial doping, the scandal has rippled all the way to new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

If Kyrgios does end up with a similar sanction, the irony is unlikely to be lost on Jannik Sinner or Iga Swiatek, who recently served bans in high-profile doping cases.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Describing the system as "awful," he made clear repeatedly his opinion that both Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek received overly lenient bans after their recent high-profile doping cases.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

This technique, called "doping," involves introducing a small amount of another material to produce specific properties.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

When they had at last got it down from the doping ground, there was another hitch.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White