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I think the job of regulators is to go there and police the markets, be the cop on the beat and punish wrongdoers who seek to take advantage.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Andrew Coles sings in a church choir, is active in local Conservative politics and was once an undercover Metropolitan Police officer – a so-called "spy cop".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Of course an actor largely known for taking down sexual offenders on a cop procedural and for being a massive Knicks fan will host the Emmys.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

He questioned why former Compton cop Reggie Wright Jr., the record label’s security head, left Shakur — who’d been repeatedly shot at — largely unguarded that night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

“What’s going on? Why is there a cop here?”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

A spokesman in June described the episode to me as an ordinary argument that lots of people can relate to, but few married couples I know have had the cops check in on their quarrels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The video shows Nevada skillfully dribbling the ball and scoring, before cutting to the preschool prodigy looking at the cops with confusion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The Daily Mirror says "Andrew cops blunder but.. it's not over".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

This is "no sweat" for the "Andy cops", according to the Sun.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

For a Sunday morning, there's a heck of a lot of cops milling about Underhill.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

A few copped to skimming one or two of the denser books.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

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

I could have copped it for a couple of days but it went on for five days.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

The 26-year-old has copped plenty in Australia, though in that he is not alone.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

Contrite, he copped a plea to a single felony count and on October 10, 1990, some two weeks after McCandless arrived in Carthage, began serving a four- month sentence in Sioux Falls.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

To be clear, Ballmer’s not copping to the laundry list of allegations in the league’s investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The play earned O’Neill his second Pulitzer Prize for drama, but he fumed at the way critics accused him of copping out with what seemed to them a happy ending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 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 hasn’t gotten where he is by questioning coaches or copping attitudes.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2024

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