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copper

[kop-er] / ˈkɒp ər /














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Echoing that signature yellow hue: a walnut island, a hammered barrel-vaulted copper hood, a copper farmhouse sink and replicated 1920s cabinetry painted “Matchstick” by Farrow & Ball.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The US has been maintaining active tariffs ranging from 15% to 50% on Canadian steel, aluminum, and copper.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Bell Potter says the higher costs were driven by lower grades, weaker sales volumes, higher diesel costs and accounting impacts of the integration of maiden copper production from the new Jericho mine.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

In December, Washington pledged $1.25 billion for Balochistan's Reko Diq copper and gold mine.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Over and over, Maria sank the sharp point of the wood-handled engraving tool, called a burin, into the polished metal, carving up tiny curls of shining copper.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

He emptied out Russian identity papers, bank notes in the Russian currency, the rouble, and small change in Belorussian coppers.

From BBC Apr. 1, 2022

Mette, who has been with the department for 18 years, told "young coppers" they have a "long way to go."

From Fox News Oct. 21, 2021

“You want to say `I know all these coppers, I know all these things?’

From Washington Times Oct. 13, 2020

Harriet presses Lord Peter to leave it to the coppers, but her spouse can’t resist a case.

From Seattle Times Jun. 2, 2017

A few Marvellian coppers stood on the platform, lifting their stellaric-lights to have a closer look at exiting passengers.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Within the last month Alsop coppered the Longworth bet by wagering heavily on Ike to run.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both the boats on which the edifice rests are well coppered, and protected from injury by booms placed around them.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

The officers acknowledged to their captors that there were a considerable number more gunboats in the harbour, all new and coppered, very fast, and well fitted for service.

From Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea by Webb, Archibald

She was coppered; not a sheet of metal was off, not a rent anywhere visible through the length and breadth of the dingy green surface of it.

From The Honour of the Flag by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

Why I don’t believe it is, because I’ve seed the creature stickin’ just the same way to the coppered bottom o’ a ship, and likewise to the sides o’ rocks under the water.

From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne

Clampett & Co. expect to get richer still on royalties, and are coppering their bet by making a round-the-world tour, beating bandits and fattening the market for their book.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every thing necessary for repairing a vessel appeared to be on hand, and Mr. C. was then engaged in coppering the one on his dock.

From Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas by Macaulay, W. Hastings

He told husband that he had been "coppering" the market ever since he came to the city and had "taken every trick."

From The Comstock Club by Goodwin, Charles Carroll

It seems they sing, Even though coppering is not an easy thing.

From Men, Women and Ghosts by Lowell, Amy

The French ships, larger, deeper, and with better lines than their opponents, were naturally better sailers, and it may be inferred that even coppering had not entirely overcome this original disadvantage of the British.

From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)




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