as in to visit
to make a brief visit
I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back
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Chavarria finds that visiting offices and not being afraid to share her own story is one of the best ways to learn what her employees need.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
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Imanaga looked flustered when Counsell visited the mound without the pitcher’s interpreter, buying time until reliever Daniel Palencia was ready to take over in the third inning.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Phillies have scored three or fewer runs in seven of their last eight postseason games.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Michelle Gurule on Writing About Sex Work When my essay about paying for $42,000 worth of dental work with sugar baby money first ran in HuffPost Personal, I was thrilled.—
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And 27 of his 31 home runs allowed came by righties.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Chinese engineers excel at copying and refining Western advances, but true disruptive invention remains harder to come by.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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