dope
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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
But to be fully collaborative, I thought it was really dope.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
This type of silk is made inside a spider's silk gland, where silk proteins are stored as a thick liquid called "silk dope."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026
Between Brown’s inside dope and everything that Kennedy had learned via his own investigations, he probably knew more Klan secrets than the average Klansman.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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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
To me, the celebration phase is the most heinous phase, because we have people who really know better who are acting like dopes, and it's hurting us.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2022
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
But I found only dopes Don’t use harness or ropes, Which is why I now lie here in traction.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2019
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
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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 report, instigated by the ITIA, ruled Halep had "intentionally" doped and handed out a four-year ban.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
I got it doped out how we can even make some money on them rabbits.”
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
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Several Soviet satellite states - including East Germany - are known to have been operating state-sponsored doping programmes throughout the 1980s.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Navigating a career-threatening doping case, surviving the ferocious Eubank rivalry and acrimoniously splitting from long-time promoter Eddie Hearn transformed him from 'Nigel's boy' into one of British boxing's most polarising headliners.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
This technique, called "doping," involves introducing a small amount of another material to produce specific properties.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Still: Rigorous testing feels like a necessary inconvenience at a time when records set in doping eras continue to be shattered—not just by Pogacar and Vingegaard, but by other riders in the field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Maddie was out every Saturday that summer tinkering with engines and doping fabric wings and making friends.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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