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dope

[dohp] / doʊp /


NOUN
drug
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The dope is dopey, and it’s unfortunately only a foray into mushier territory.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Fabi would scream, “Yo, it’d be dope at a little higher tempo!” and we’d push it from there.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

American swimmer Hunter Armstrong has said he "definitely" doesn't want to dope for the games, adding: "I personally have taken pride in getting as far as I can on natural God-given talent."

From BBC May 23, 2026

The latter has been handled by cartoons like the 2019 series “Harley Quinn,” which turns Superman into an overly confident dope.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026

I’m flattening it out with my fist, thinking about all the dope places Mateo and I have been together, when I spot a Luigi hat on the floor between his dresser and bed.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

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

To me, the celebration phase is the most heinous phase, because we have people who really know better who are acting like dopes, and it's hurting us.

From Salon Sep. 30, 2022

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

But I found only dopes Don’t use harness or ropes, Which is why I now lie here in traction.

From Washington Post Oct. 17, 2019

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 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 report, instigated by the ITIA, ruled Halep had "intentionally" doped and handed out a four-year ban.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2024

Hospice can elicit images of “someone doped up and bedridden,” but it is not “just providing enough morphine to make it through the end,” Gurian said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 17, 2024

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

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

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

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

Valieva soon became embroiled in a doping scandal that eventually landed her a four-year ban.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Traditional transistor manufacturing relies on a process called doping, which introduces impurities into silicon to control electrical behavior.

From Science Daily May 30, 2026

When they had at last got it down from the doping ground, there was another hitch.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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