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hop

[hop] / hɒp /




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"Are they happening together or not? At which molecular site? And how is the water network facilitating the proton hop?"

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Joanne McNally and Romesh Ranganathan appeared on game show Unacceptable together, and James Acaster went on Ranganathan's hip hop podcast.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Why not simply mention AI to hop on the bandwagon?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Agents have learned to painstakingly trace digital currencies, hop by hop, across blockchains—the decentralized ledgers stored on computers around the world that provide a public record of transactions between digital wallets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Then a food truck rambles onto the grounds and dazed-looking teens hop out in bell-bottoms; tie-dye shirts; long, flowing dresses; and fringed ponchos.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

So he hopped on his bicycle—with his handgun, which was “older than the state of Israel,” a gift from Ms. Bar Sinai’s uncle—and pedaled in the direction of the daughter’s house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Polo raked across the peninsula and hopped the Gulf of California, then weakened to a tropical storm as it churned northeast into the Mexican mainland.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Instead of leaving on either that jet or “former” Air Force One, the president secretly hopped into an airport catering truck and shuttled to an Air Force C-32A, a smaller military plane.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Kitten Seer hopped onto my chest, stretching her little black fluffy limbs while I scratched her chin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

At the sound of his seemingly noiseless call, Bertha hopped forward.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

They then went island hopping eastwards across the Indonesian archipelago before doubling back to Lombok for a second stay.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

I was in my 20s, and practicing consciously dating rather than hopping from one serious relationship to the next.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Australia will reduce migration by curbing "visa hopping", tightening rules on students and working holiday makers as well as cracking down on overstayers, its interior minister said Thursday, as the far-right surges in the polls.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Eagle-eyed fans then connected the dots to a resurfaced video from several months ago, which showed a fluffy white dog hopping out of one of Swift’s cars.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

A rabbit scurries past, hopping in the opposite direction as fast as its legs can stretch.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz




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