nope
Example Sentences
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Like in “Stop Making Sense”? There’s some stuff in there where I go, nope, can’t do that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ole Miss said nope and promoted defensive coordinator Keith Golding to the head coach job; Kiffin publicly expressed his disappointment that the school rejected his request.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
In its post, the company says it will let certain models of Claude nope out in “rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive user interactions.”
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025
“Nope, nope, nope. It’s pretty big-time when you have an Iowa team playing, let alone somebody from our hometown.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
“I was gonna buy a new door when this lock started sticking, but then I thought, nope, I’ll keep it how it is.”
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
