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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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"There are six different ways someone could go with this, and we can't do them all. So please, scoop us. We'd love it."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Heather Schwedel spoke with a Home Depot merchant to get the inside scoop on how these giant skeletons came to be.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

A front loader takes a scoop from the mound of wood chips and deposits it on a bare platform.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

It sits right on the pedestrian promenade in the busy downtown port area, making it easy to pair with a kebab lunch and a scoop of local ice cream.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

I watch her go, ice cream scoop in my hand.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

He produces major investigations, agenda-setting scoops, political and diplomatic analysis, and deeply reported features about extraordinary people and events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Guests were shuttled to the Storm King Art Center, where we were greeted with Blank Street Coffee and lavender vanilla scoops from Laz’s Ice Cream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

London City Lionesses have signed two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas on a three-year deal in one of the biggest scoops in women's football history.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Similar activity allegedly preceded subsequent Axios scoops on April 17 and May 1.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

The claw scoops up the necklace and deposits it.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

In July 2009, she scooped up the property for $16.5 million, and moved in within three days.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Teachers scooped up the stragglers and ushered them into the shelter's entrance, while the cleaner scanned the playground, muttering as she checked that no one had been left behind.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Jordan Davis of the Eagles leaped and blocked the kick, scooped the ball and returned it 61 yards for a touchdown that sent the Rams to a 33-26 defeat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

It scooped three prizes at the Bafta Film Awards in London in February.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

I laid the cobs out on our makeshift grill while Togbe cut the pawpaws with the cutlass and scooped out black seeds.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

With a skillet of white beans and sausage, plus sourdough for scooping.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

A growing cadre of volunteers increasingly helps with the next step, the actual harvest, scooping acorns off the ground and into bags and buckets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Below the words is a large picture showing a yellow heavy construction vehicle scooping rubble from a torn-down building.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

The push into advertising began as OpenAI rival Anthropic started gaining ground, scooping up enterprise customers and launching new models that delivered strong performance.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

He liked to watch as the birds swooped back and forth, scooping up crickets and dropping them into the gaping mouths of their chicks.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby


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