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cop

[kop] / kɒp /


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Tom Berenger plays a married Queens cop assigned to protect wealthy Manhattan murder witness Mimi Rogers, while a pre-”Sopranos” Lorraine Bracco portrays the wife he leaves waiting at home.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Cole, whom news reports are calling a cop killer and a fugitive, is a British former Marine and police officer with a shadowy past that brought an abrupt end to his career in uniform.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

George Pelecanos’s most recent novel starring Derek Strange, a black cop turned private investigator in Washington, D.C., came out in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

He said the former cop was not with Knight and ordered his security team not to carry firearms.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

The cop looks at Mama and nods slightly.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

Rees told him that any concerns about data-center noise were overblown—the music in her bar is way louder and the cops are never called, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

In other cases reported in US media, cops used Flock to track women who had abortions -- illegal in several US states.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

"Terror cops now leading Ann death probe" declares the Daily Express, reporting that the "dramatic development" on Monday occurred after new information and evidence came to light.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

“Monitoring takes time and cops have to find ways to become members and that is very hard,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Wanda kept her eyes on the cops by the entrance to the administration building, and he swore that he could feel the rage pumping through her.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Tuchel not only had to deal with a "shocked and gutted" Maguire after he learned of his exclusion from England's World Cup, he also copped a blast from his "absolutely disgusted" mother Zoe.

From BBC May 22, 2026

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

One of my mom group chats recently turned to strength training, and I copped to finally succumbing to peer pressure and buying weights on Amazon—5 pounders, to be exact.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

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

From Barron's Jan. 2, 2026

Contrite, he copped a plea to a single felony count and on October 10, 1990, some two weeks after McCandless arrived in Carthage, began serving a four- month sentence in Sioux Falls.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

Shaquille O’Neal drops a bomb on Jimmy Fallon, copping to the truth about the viral moment where he scooted off the ‘Inside the NBA’ set for a bathroom break.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2025

“He was just copping some Z’s for 10 minutes,” Racki told me with a laugh in 2016.

From Seattle Times Apr. 11, 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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