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[bop] / bɒp /




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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

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

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

And every now and then, I might find a little bop, a little sundress, a little something to throw on, drop the things back off and then head down into the city.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 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

Deborah bopped from the cafeteria to another schoolroom, where another precinct was sharing the space.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 16, 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

But it started up again when Maniac asked where they were from, and Piper said, “Two Mills,” and Russell said, “Shut up! He might be a cop!” and bopped him good.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

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

Iran is no bastion of free expression, in other words, which anyone bopping to those raps about enacting revenge on “the Baal-worshipping Epstein crew” must remember.

From Salon Apr. 26, 2026

I travel a fair amount, and after I graduated from college, I spent months bopping around various European cities before landing in Amsterdam a couple of years ago.

From Slate Mar. 8, 2026

Duncan appeared confident and poised as he took underhanded tosses from a team manager and fired passes, even bopping his head ever so slightly as Blink-182’s “All the Small Things” blared over the stadium loudspeakers.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 15, 2025

“Sometimes I wake up with one of these stupid balloons bopping me in the face, and be ready to crap myself in here,” she said, snorting a little from her own joke.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds




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