scoop
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Instead—during a summer when other players were inking deals north of $250 million—Brunson sat in the NBA’s bargain bin, and the Knicks could scoop him at just the 46th-highest salary in the league.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Ian said he would not pay £3.85 for a single scoop.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
For a family of four, that comes to £7.80 for one scoop each - roughly half the equivalent cost in Porthmadog.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
The group made sure to scoop up tickets in the last row so they could dance freely without blocking anyone’s view.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
I carried a full scoop of litter—not once but twice—down the hall to the bathroom and dumped it into the toilet.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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