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He’s since apologized, saying, “I do town halls all around the world, and as you know, I mope sometimes.”

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2025

"There's no time to mope around. The senior players have got to get the whole squad together and go 'we've got six games to go here'."

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2024

Ellie may or may not be the savior of humanity, but she certainly rescues “The Last of Us” from apocalyptic mope.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

He can mope and rant, but caught at the right moment, he’s an out-and-out charmer, a patient listener, a good storyteller.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

What I’m saying, Little Charlie, is y’all ain’t gonna have much time to mope ’round and mourn; you best start looking to hiring yourself out.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

He usually follows me around the house, and he mopes when I’m gone.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2022

“Maddie doesn’t listen to me,” she complains, then mopes.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021

It seems cruel to send her off to live her final years with my in-laws because she gets sad and mopes when we’re not around.

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2020

Foy’s favorite episode focuses on John and Jackie Kennedy visiting Buckingham Palace in 1961, contrasting the youth of the Kennedys with the royals’ middle-aged mopes, one couple embodying a new hope, the other a stagnation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2017

He mopes around the house, resdess, pretending to be coming down with a cold.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

A ballroom dancer who coddles his pet rats—Fred and Ginger—Declan rides a moped that his colleague, Sara Xiu, describes as “that pitiful hair-dryer on wheels.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Law enforcement officials also point out that any type of modification to e-bikes might not just be dangerous, but can also transform the e-bike into a motorcycle or moped under California law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

“To ride a motorcycle or moped, you need to have the appropriate driver’s license and comply with rules of the road.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

He said pursuits had to be considered carefully, giving an example of one moped rider spotted snatching multiple phones on Oxford Street.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

They saw someone who was selfish, who openly moped during the game and didn’t show the slightest concern for his fellow players.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

He doesn’t respond to his various wake-up calls with stubborn defiance but a curiosity that shifts his moping into something akin to a geeky, fun-loving second adolescence.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026

Instead of moping over the setback, Ohtani has started eyeing his next boundary-pushing maneuver: To be a leadoff hitter and high-leverage reliever in the same game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025

As macho as the protagonist of a Lifetime movie, moping like an adolescent and watching too much TV, Mr. White’s Springsteen is clearly depressed, but Mr. Cooper’s script doesn’t provide much illumination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

"My whole life turned upside down, and I spent ages moping and just sitting around," said the 34-year-old.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025

On the second day of the month of August, after the supper dishes were washed up, and the Hail Marys had been done, August said, No more moping tonight, we’re going to watch Ed Sullivan.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd