cop
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“My dad was a cop, and cops back in the day — still do today — they all wore mustaches,” Kent said while fighting back tears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
“But pointing out hypocrisy from the state’s top cop is necessary,” Higbe said.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Waymo vehicles are also programmed to pull over at the sight of a cop car’s lights, and they offer a means to speak with a human representative of their companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Known for his signature "cop" and "admiral" stage personas, Willis left the group in 1980.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
A third cop gathered the stuff left behind and gestured for the cheerleader to enter the main office.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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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
He’d been a regular on “Hollywood Squares,” a frequent guest on “The Tonight Show,” and — most influentially — one of the decade’s coolest make-believe cops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 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
The cops towed my mother’s car into an impound lot, and I was sure they’d found and confiscated the fireworks.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Two cops had him in cuffs a moment later, and pulled him off toward the front office.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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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
The Bath wing copped a first unfortunate yellow card for not releasing the tackled man and then a clumsy second, blundering into an airborne Kyle Steyn.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
And no athlete’s copped to the injection, which, for the record, is supposedly hyaluronic acid, if you’re shopping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
I could have copped it for a couple of days but it went on for five days.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
But I hadn’t, and now Ms. Faraci was going to wave that thing in the air until someone copped to leaving it on my desk.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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Perhaps she considers it a dramatic cheat, as though the writer were copping out of the hard work of dramatization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
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
“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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