cop

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There’s also Don Johnson, the impossibly handsome star of “Miami Vice,” the ’80s cop show that presented the neighborhood to the world as something exciting and exotic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

“Being a cop was his life; he lived and breathed it 24/7,” Darvish said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

If the person being sued is a government official, most commonly a cop, then they could only be liable if it was obvious that the cop’s action was illegal.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

Pakistan’s involvement in the negotiations allowed Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to play bad cop to Islamabad’s good cop, Signorelli says.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 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