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cop

[kop] / kɒp /


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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

“They can play anything, these nominees. Not just doctors. They can play a cop or an FBI agent or a secret agent. And then that’s it. No other examples.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 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

His unpredictability complicates Prime Minister Mark Carney’s negotiating stance, but he also provides a useful foil, a kind of bad cop for which Carney can offer his more measured good cop approach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Then the van slowed down for a second, and the cop leaned forward, and Moss saw his chance.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

“At least we can try and save our cops from going on wild goose chases.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The cops talk to me like I’m the nuisance,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

"If anyone is going to be the one that spearheads getting rid of abusive cops? Sign me up," Langley said.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The 69-year-old New Orleans native has never wavered in his claims of innocence, insisting since his 1977 arrest that the cops had the wrong guy.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

He crossed the space between him and the three cops in a few steps, and he enjoyed the utter shock on the face of the cop who held the bullhorn.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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

McSweeney, fairly or otherwise, copped plenty of blame for the various foul-ups Labour MPs have blamed Downing Street for in recent months.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

And no athlete’s copped to the injection, which, for the record, is supposedly hyaluronic acid, if you’re shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

I could have copped it for a couple of days but it went on for five days.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

Rather than humiliate myself, I copped to it.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

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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