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

We commented on Mr. Beast’s video, and the comment got a lot of likes, we’re like “oh shoot, this is dope, this has a real impact on the Mexican community.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

“So help me! The catch is that the dope doesn’t like math. He would rather read slushy novels. Honest! You should see the tripe Susie keeps feeding him: ‘Purple Passion’ and ‘Love in Space.’

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

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

This is where I’ll put on my tortilla-historian sombrero and say something you might find unbelievable: Tortilla-tossing has a long, strange history in California that’s almost never racist — until dopes make it so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2021

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 duration of illumination determines the degree to which the material is doped.

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

Ross had not been doped; he had been awakened.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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

When public prosecutors tapped telephone calls at Italian football giants Juventus in 2004, they were hunting for evidence of doping.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

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