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Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
In October, Bitcoin suffered a flash crash, largely due to highly leveraged positions on perps, causing its price to dip below $85,000 and billions of dollars in losses.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
Jackie was divorced and often the center of harassment from her fellow officers and perps.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
The agent delivered several defensive strikes to free his genitals from the perp’s grasp.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Damien orders — which also happens to be the title of de Araújo’s autobiographical segment for The Moth — before dashing after the perp.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
In October, Bitcoin suffered a flash crash, largely due to highly leveraged positions on perps, causing its price to dip below $85,000 and billions of dollars in losses.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
Jackie was divorced and often the center of harassment from her fellow officers and perps.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
The agent delivered several defensive strikes to free his genitals from the perp’s grasp.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perp. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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perp
noun
: a perpetrator of a crime
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