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dope

[dohp] / doʊp /


NOUN
drug
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He tells the BBC that while there are clear failures with the Olympics' anti-doping protocols, the answer is reforming the system, not to dope.

From BBC May 23, 2026

But to be fully collaborative, I thought it was really dope.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

This type of silk is made inside a spider's silk gland, where silk proteins are stored as a thick liquid called "silk dope."

From Science Daily Feb. 6, 2026

“I’ll be sending my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C., and suing him for plenty$,” he wrote.

From Salon Feb. 2, 2026

There are texts from Maya, who saw me on the news and thinks I’m dope personified, and texts from Chris.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

But these elephants are no dopes: One of Ms. Argo’s coups is capturing a very well-organized raid—quietly executed, under cover of darkness—by a parade of males into a tomato plantation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 13, 2026

It’s not much of a fight — and Josh isn’t much of a catch — but one of Dunham’s talents is her ability to capture the allure of heartbreakers, scuzzballs and dopes.

From New York Times Jul. 28, 2022

In a 2017 meeting at the Pentagon, he called his top generals “losers” and “a bunch of dopes and babies,” according to “A Very Stable Genius,” by Post reporters Philip Rucker and Carol D. Leonnig.

From Washington Post Sep. 6, 2020

"Shout-out to YouTubers who have been doing this for a long time and making us pros look like real dopes this week," he said in a recent segment.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2020

I partly blame all those dopes that clap their heads off--they'd foul up anybody, if you gave them a chance.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday he was "uncomfortable" with the presence at the 2026 Winter Olympics of the coach of the doped Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

From Barron's Feb. 5, 2026

The duration of illumination determines the degree to which the material is doped.

From Science Daily May 15, 2024

The chemical composition of the crystals, plucked from rocks in Australia, hint that they formed from magmas doped with freshwater, a team of scientists argues.

From Science Magazine Apr. 30, 2024

An independent tribunal ruled Halep had "intentionally" doped and gave her a four-year ban.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2024

I got it doped out how we can even make some money on them rabbits.”

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

This technique, called "doping," involves introducing a small amount of another material to produce specific properties.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

There have been claims that Kratochvilova's performance in Munich was assisted by the systematic doping regime that existed in her country at the time - something she has strenuously denied.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Still: Rigorous testing feels like a necessary inconvenience at a time when records set in doping eras continue to be shattered—not just by Pogacar and Vingegaard, but by other riders in the field.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Cycling did plenty to earn it in the early 2000s—more than a quarter of the Tours this century have seen the winners stripped of their titles for doping violations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

After a few tense minutes, I began the long, meticulous process of preparing and doping a set of blue emitters.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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