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The 26-year-old has copped plenty in Australia, though in that he is not alone.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Last year, freelance journalist and editor Brian Feldman wrote an exposé outing two New York socialites as the people behind the account, although neither has copped to it.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Just a few days later, on April 28, the Mystery Writers of America meet in New York to learn who has copped one of this year’s Edgars.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022

Season two has copped a fair amount of criticism online – some justified, some less so.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2019

For Ginger is even now passing along the last great road: he has copped it.

From No Man's Land by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)