cop
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Adapted from Lars Kepler’s bestselling novel, Apple TV’s drama stars Liev Schreiber as a former cop who suspects a serial killer may have something to do with a child’s disappearance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
I think the job of regulators is to go there and police the markets, be the cop on the beat and punish wrongdoers who seek to take advantage.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Langley responded to Lambert, saying the cop must have known she was from Texas, given the chaos unfolding in the car.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Of course an actor largely known for taking down sexual offenders on a cop procedural and for being a massive Knicks fan will host the Emmys.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The cop reached out and grabbed Moss’s other arm.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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This is "no sweat" for the "Andy cops", according to the Sun.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The Daily Mirror says "Andrew cops blunder but.. it's not over".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“If the cops are involved, that means the photos will be deleted,” Kayra texted her sister immediately after the incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Golden retriever wants to play with intruder as cops arrive to make arrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The cops had split up, going up and down the rows of cars.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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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
One of my mom group chats recently turned to strength training, and I copped to finally succumbing to peer pressure and buying weights on Amazon—5 pounders, to be exact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
I could have copped it for a couple of days but it went on for five days.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
The 26-year-old has copped plenty in Australia, though in that he is not alone.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
But I hadn’t, and now Ms. Faraci was going to wave that thing in the air until someone copped to leaving it on my desk.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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To be clear, Ballmer’s not copping to the laundry list of allegations in the league’s investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
“Our experiments make it all but certain that these systems are in fact training on copyrighted material,” Marcus told me, something that the companies have been coy about copping to explicitly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
"I remember standing on the fine-leg boundary in Pretoria and copping it from South Africa fans," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2023
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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