cop
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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
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"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
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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
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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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