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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bop
Noun
Hear Lizzo’s throwback-rock bop and 11 more new songs on the Playlist. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025 All the boop boop weep bop and the weirr weirr weirr. Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
And Barack and Michelle would happily bop to Springsteen at the Kennedy Center Honors. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025 The crowd bopped along on the main floor, with many fans quietly singing along to the tune. Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bop
Noun
  • The library now needs to build out the new Canadian entrance to code — a blow to a not-for-profit organization that has existed on a limited endowment since 1908.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • New York City's drinking water could eventually absorb a blow if reservoirs supplying a portion of it become vacated due to rising salinity, according to a new report.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Joshua Hur hit a home run, Trey Ebel had a two-run double and Ethan Bingaman contributed an RBI triple.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • After the remnants of Hurricane Helene hit the Carolinas, Duke Energy drew the ire of Mountain Island Lake residents who say the company could have mitigated the flooding in their neighborhoods.
    Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Then the silence was broken by the loud thump of Olive’s .38/40.
    Horace R. Hinkley, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
  • This, more than any textured thumps, added to the immersiveness.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Jordan Hicks pitched an efficient five-plus innings, Tyler Fitzgerald smacked a two-run homer and scored a run, and the Giants beat the Tigers, 4-3.
    Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • In actuality, everything — unbeknownst to him — was ridiculously staged in a pitch-perfect reality TV parody, as comedy improv actors like David Hornsby and pre-Saturday Night Live Kristen Wiig would put Gould smack dab in the middle of absurd situation after absurd situation.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But Jones tied it with a one-time slap shot from the right point with 6:04 left in the period.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The attack escalated with The Rock using a belt and Travis Scott's intervention, which included a slap that visibly injured Rhodes.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Steel was then penalized for knocking Pickard late in the third.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • After a village Electoral Board ruling knocked Tinley Together off the ballot, a Cook County Circuit Court judge, in early January, reversed that ruling.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The finishing touch was a simple swipe of pink gloss.
    Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
  • With a swipe of his pen, Trump ordered the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization and ended diversity, equity and inclusion programs − and their staffing − across the government.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But Isaiah Jackson’s runner in the lane banged off the back iron and the Red Raiders were on the go.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2025
  • But for those banging the drum to get Tad out to pasture, remember: The grass isn’t always greener.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Bop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bop. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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