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
Many fans discovered her via the track “new friends,” an honest and lighthearted bop about not wanting to be friends with an ex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
He adds a funky countermelody, reminiscent of Horace Silver or Lee Morgan, and remakes “Billy Joe” into a remarkable slice of hard bop, a 12-minute roller-coaster ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 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
It was the same boys, with the same bop, the same ice grill, and the same code I’d known all my life.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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
For years, Justine Lupe bopped back and forth between Los Angeles and New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024
As the singer bopped around city to city on her own tour and eventually Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, she would tailor each outro to a new city.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2024
Suddenly Aldo bopped the side of his head with the palm of his hand.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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 hard to disagree that the current system, with quarterbacks bopping from campus to campus like jam bands and 26-year-olds lining up against 18-year-olds, needs revision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Musk, who was attending a Mar-a-Lago dinner with his mother, was caught on video bopping along to Trump campaign rally staple "Y.M.C.A."
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2024
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
Afros bopping, arms swinging, and feet stepping and spinning in sync.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
