bop
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The company says its "companion-centric" device can interpret human gestures and bop to musical rhythms, as well as take selfies and steady videos.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Still, this was music one could bop their head to, even if dance parties were limited during the global pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He even includes a track “For Fans” that is, as advertised, the most pop-friendly bop across the 37-minute runtime.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
It’s scary, having a bot bop around the web for me, and there are real risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
The children all look too tired to bop up and down, laugh, or splash at one another.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
In a sparkly gold dress, the 20-year-old floated above the pressure, bopped along to the music of Donna Summer and glided her way to stardom—and the top of the podium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Szabolcs Csépe, from Budapest, bopped to over 3000 songs and burned more than 22,000 calories in his quest to romp into the record books.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
She says that gun owners “are bopped over the head constantly with safety,” from all parts of the gun industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
He did a nine-month tour in Afghanistan before leaving the Army, then bopped between a few jobs before returning to the familiarity of working with his dad.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
Fred darted his nose under her arm and nearly got bopped on the head with her coconut-breaking rock.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Behold the swaggy celebrity fans like Timothée Chalamet, the $10,000 nosebleed seats, the President of the United States bopping north to catch Monday’s Game 3 at Madison Square Garden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
When chants of “No ICE, no KKK, no fascist USA” broke out, one agent started beating his hands to the rhythm and bopping his head.
From Slate ● May 29, 2026
It’s the uniform of Echevarria’s youth on the East Coast, bopping between the suburbs and Manhattan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2024
I like to think of this as the "Little Bunny Foo Foo" method, because it's like you’re scooping up all the people and bopping them on the head.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2024
Leroy’s band broke into a reggae number and we started bopping on out the park.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
