bop
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It features the Latin-influenced soul bop “If I Let You,” which quickly went viral and garnered praise from artists such as Questlove, Ghostface Killah, Erykah Badu, Pharrell Williams, SZA and Timbaland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The company says its "companion-centric" device can interpret human gestures and bop to musical rhythms, as well as take selfies and steady videos.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Still, this was music one could bop their head to, even if dance parties were limited during the global pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
It’s scary, having a bot bop around the web for me, and there are real risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
Maybe after long enough, that magic wand of confidence will mistake me for them, and give me a bop on the head, too.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
In a sparkly gold dress, the 20-year-old floated above the pressure, bopped along to the music of Donna Summer and glided her way to stardom—and the top of the podium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Szabolcs Csépe, from Budapest, bopped to over 3000 songs and burned more than 22,000 calories in his quest to romp into the record books.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
She says that gun owners “are bopped over the head constantly with safety,” from all parts of the gun industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
He did a nine-month tour in Afghanistan before leaving the Army, then bopped between a few jobs before returning to the familiarity of working with his dad.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
Moms and dads bopped toddlers up and down on their shoulders.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Behold the swaggy celebrity fans like Timothée Chalamet, the $10,000 nosebleed seats, the President of the United States bopping north to catch Monday’s Game 3 at Madison Square Garden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
I travel a fair amount, and after I graduated from college, I spent months bopping around various European cities before landing in Amsterdam a couple of years ago.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2026
When Nash-Betts isn’t on set, she can be found bopping around the city with her “hersband” singer-actor Jessica Betts, whom she married in 2020, and spending time with her three adult kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
Musk, who was attending a Mar-a-Lago dinner with his mother, was caught on video bopping along to Trump campaign rally staple "Y.M.C.A."
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2024
“Nothing,” I say, only bopping to the beat a little.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
