stoop
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On one stoop, a man gently plucked a guitar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
We occasionally throw stoop parties that draw neighbors and strangers—a “free beer” sign and lawn chairs in our driveway won us new friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Soon they’d been talking for nearly half an hour, standing out in the chill on the man’s stoop.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025
Regina George would never stoop to such lame material.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025
"It was of this man sitting on a stoop just like we're doing now. And it was selling for like four thousand dollars."
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
Morning after morning, residents would retrieve the bottles of milk on their stoops only to find that a thief had skimmed off the cream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
When they headed south from Roberta’s apartment on Avenue C around 10, there were two-foot drifts against the side of stoops.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
She stoops to pluck weeds around delicate yellow flowers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
His previous stoops on the tour included Jordan and Iraq.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
When the weather was warm and people sat out on their stoops, Mami insisted we stay inside, unless she could come out to watch us.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Ibrahim Said stooped to head in his first goal for the club before Elliott Watt capitalised on a mistake from Kasper Schmeichel.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
The name "chikungunya" comes from the Kimakonde language, meaning "that which bends up," a reference to the stooped posture caused by the severe joint pain that often accompanies the infection.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2025
I stooped to embrace him and told him what I’d needed to hear as a boy.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
But many hip-hop heads were disappointed at how low the rappers had stooped.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
“Good, good! oh, you so clever lady!” said Van Helsing, enthusiastically, as he stooped and kissed her hand.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
DNA is a snooty aristocrat, never stooping to engage in day-to-day tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
“We’re fortunate to live in New York, where stooping is a thing,” Slocum said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Her single-minded dedication carried into her early years at Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk, where she often found herself stooping to fit in with other girls because of her height.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
Striker Rodriguez's stooping header from Charlie Taylor's pinpoint cross was the fastest in the top flight this season and gave Burnley a blistering start and a lead which they did not relinquish.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
“Pardon me,” Javier says, stooping to pick glass off the floor from my weed killer.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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