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scoop

[skoop] / skup /
NOUN
utensil, tool for shovelling
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NOUN
previously secret information that is suddenly public
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Tom Cruise spends the movie running through New Jersey with two terrified kids while ash drifts through the streets and giant alien war machines scoop humans into dangling metal cages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Porthmadog in Gwynedd came out on top, with a single scoop costing an average of £3.85, while a two-scoop cone was around £5.28, according to analysis by credit card company Zable.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

For a family of four, that comes to £7.80 for one scoop each - roughly half the equivalent cost in Porthmadog.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Simmered together until rich and cohesive, the final chili lands somewhere between classic beef chili and taqueria-style comfort food: smoky, deeply savory and thick enough to scoop with more corn chips.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Mom got a cone with a scoop of coconut almond chip.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks




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