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scoop

[skoop] / skup /
NOUN
utensil, tool for shovelling
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NOUN
previously secret information that is suddenly public
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“I saw what he was thinking because it’s going right in front of you and he’s thinking, ‘I’m going to scoop and score,’” coach Sean McVay said after the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

"There are six different ways someone could go with this, and we can't do them all. So please, scoop us. We'd love it."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Heather Schwedel spoke with a Home Depot merchant to get the inside scoop on how these giant skeletons came to be.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

Food-and-beverage and consumer-products companies have been trying to freshen up or hive off dated brands and scoop up promising upstarts that resonate more with younger consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

He helps me up, and I scoop up a handful of mud and press it against his chest, leaving a brown handprint on his soaked T-shirt.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Guests were shuttled to the Storm King Art Center, where we were greeted with Blank Street Coffee and lavender vanilla scoops from Laz’s Ice Cream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

London City Lionesses have signed two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas on a three-year deal in one of the biggest scoops in women's football history.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Similar activity allegedly preceded subsequent Axios scoops on April 17 and May 1.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

As TV producers jockeyed for scoops and access, prosecutors in the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, in Fort Worth, were faced with another task.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

Figure 1.87: The notation for scoops and fall-offs has not been standardized, but either one will look something like a portamento or slur with a note on one end only.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

In August 2025, Lorre scooped up a lavish home in the desirable Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel-Air.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Teachers scooped up the stragglers and ushered them into the shelter's entrance, while the cleaner scanned the playground, muttering as she checked that no one had been left behind.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

A film about tensions arising in the heat of a busy Pakistani takeaway scooped the top honours at this year's film festival.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Jordan Davis of the Eagles leaped and blocked the kick, scooped the ball and returned it 61 yards for a touchdown that sent the Rams to a 33-26 defeat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The dogs opened their jaws and scooped up snow as they ran.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

I served it with toasted sourdough tips for scooping up all that lovely sauce.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

Citadel has a history of scooping up talent from Carnegie Mellon, boasting a long list of quantitative engineers and other employees who attended the university.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

A growing cadre of volunteers increasingly helps with the next step, the actual harvest, scooping acorns off the ground and into bags and buckets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Below the words is a large picture showing a yellow heavy construction vehicle scooping rubble from a torn-down building.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Beans was scooping chocolate icing from the birthday cake onto his finger.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli


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