dope

The dope is dopey, and it’s unfortunately only a foray into mushier territory.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

American swimmer Hunter Armstrong has said he "definitely" doesn't want to dope for the games, adding: "I personally have taken pride in getting as far as I can on natural God-given talent."

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

This type of silk is made inside a spider's silk gland, where silk proteins are stored as a thick liquid called "silk dope."

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026

Records, former marketing representative at Vlado Footwear, rapper from Breakfast Club games: At that time, jerkin’ was a term that they used when they saw something or did something that was dope.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

And if hope Is nothing but a dope Who’s holding on to rope Then I don’t think I can cope, So let me go, Darling, Let me go.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

But these elephants are no dopes: One of Ms. Argo’s coups is capturing a very well-organized raid—quietly executed, under cover of darkness—by a parade of males into a tomato plantation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

It’s not much of a fight — and Josh isn’t much of a catch — but one of Dunham’s talents is her ability to capture the allure of heartbreakers, scuzzballs and dopes.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022

"Shout-out to YouTubers who have been doing this for a long time and making us pros look like real dopes this week," he said in a recent segment.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2020

Addressing the room, the commander in chief barked, “You’re a bunch of dopes and babies.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2020

I partly blame all those dopes that clap their heads off--they'd foul up anybody, if you gave them a chance.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday he was "uncomfortable" with the presence at the 2026 Winter Olympics of the coach of the doped Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

Beyond this, the method could support the fabrication of doped quantum dots, key components for quantum computing and advanced sensors.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2025

The chemical composition of the crystals, plucked from rocks in Australia, hint that they formed from magmas doped with freshwater, a team of scientists argues.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024

An independent tribunal ruled Halep had "intentionally" doped and gave her a four-year ban.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024

Rattlesnakes and doped semiconductors detect infrared radiation perfectly well.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

There have been claims that Kratochvilova's performance in Munich was assisted by the systematic doping regime that existed in her country at the time - something she has strenuously denied.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Still: Rigorous testing feels like a necessary inconvenience at a time when records set in doping eras continue to be shattered—not just by Pogacar and Vingegaard, but by other riders in the field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Cycling did plenty to earn it in the early 2000s—more than a quarter of the Tours this century have seen the winners stripped of their titles for doping violations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The extremely thin silicon films still allow effective control by the transistor gate, while the high doping levels help reduce parasitic contact resistance.

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026

When they had at last got it down from the doping ground, there was another hitch.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White