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cop

[kop] / kɒp /


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“But pointing out hypocrisy from the state’s top cop is necessary,” Higbe said.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

Waymo vehicles are also programmed to pull over at the sight of a cop car’s lights, and they offer a means to speak with a human representative of their companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

The sessions went so well that Morali asked Willis to front the group, which adopted campy archetypes of masculinity — cop, cowboy and construction worker among them — in their stage costumes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Known for his signature "cop" and "admiral" stage personas, Willis left the group in 1980.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

The cop belted out something close to a groan.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

"Terror cops now leading Ann death probe" declares the Daily Express, reporting that the "dramatic development" on Monday occurred after new information and evidence came to light.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The cops towed my mother’s car into an impound lot, and I was sure they’d found and confiscated the fireworks.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

It’s a case about how cops use peoples’ private digital data to catch robbers.

From Slate Jul. 1, 2026

The robot cops represent the other side of the ledger: China’s institutional ambition.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

When he turned back around, he saw the cops at the top of the steps.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Outside of a few exceptions, substantial shares of college students in all disciplines have copped to ChatGPT-ing their way through school.

From Slate May 20, 2026

The Bath wing copped a first unfortunate yellow card for not releasing the tackled man and then a clumsy second, blundering into an airborne Kyle Steyn.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

And no athlete’s copped to the injection, which, for the record, is supposedly hyaluronic acid, if you’re shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026

I could have copped it for a couple of days but it went on for five days.

From Barron's Jan. 2, 2026

Contrite, he copped a plea to a single felony count and on October 10, 1990, some two weeks after McCandless arrived in Carthage, began serving a four- month sentence in Sioux Falls.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

South African lock Lood de Jager will miss the rest of the Autumn Series of internationals after copping a four-match ban for a no-arms tackle a win over France at the weekend.

From Barron's Nov. 11, 2025

Shaquille O’Neal drops a bomb on Jimmy Fallon, copping to the truth about the viral moment where he scooted off the ‘Inside the NBA’ set for a bathroom break.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2025

Hugh got involved when he got "fed up with farmers copping a lot of flak" about their emissions.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2025

“He was just copping some Z’s for 10 minutes,” Racki told me with a laugh in 2016.

From Seattle Times Apr. 11, 2024

You know, check the place out—make sure ain't no badges copping some z's in the back.

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers




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