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scooped

verb

past tense of scoop

as in spooned

to lift out with something that holds liquid scooped broth out of the pan with a spoon

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Recent Examples of scooped On special teams, Clemson forced a fumble on a kickoff that safety Kylon Griffin scooped and scored a TD and kicker Nolan Hauser hit three field goals including a career long 59 yarder in the final minute before halftime. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Mongolia’s Zogsool, directed by Sakhya Byamba, won four awards in the festival’s Vision section, including the Vision of Jiseok Award, while Full Moon from Korea’s Jeong Jihye scooped three awards. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 This isn’t the first time a piece of content accused of being AI has scooped a top award. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 11 Oct. 2026 Other researchers who had caught wind of OpenAI’s work on the problem rushed out their partial progress toward the answer in fear of being scooped by AI. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 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. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Maema Njongmeta forced a fumble and Thomas Incoom scooped it up on the kickoff to begin the second half; that set the Panthers up for one of their many field goals. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026 The ball, as a backwards pass or a lateral, was live, and the Saints scooped it up for a score. — Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026 The souvenir cups that come with the drinks have to be ordered by January and the three million melon balls are then scooped in the Bronx before being delivered to Flushing Meadows in Queens. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026

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Related Stories Entertainment marketers once closely guarded their marketing materials and spooned out their campaigns with tactical precision on timing and platforms.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
For the third Chelsea goal, via Neto, Harry Wilson’s half-pass-half-tackle was spooned to an unmarked Palmer in the centre.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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As for gas, it has usually been treated as a waste product to be burned off; because there are so few pipelines to bring it to market, West Texas gas prices have even dipped negative this year.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The four-week average of claims, which strips out week-to-week ups and downs, dipped to 197,750.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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