Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of dropped
Verb
For too many years an international break has dropped at this point of September, freezing the Premier League just as narratives were being set and excitement was rising.—
Duncan Alexander,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2026 Its crude imports dropped below 8 million barrels a day in May and June, falling for the first time since 2016, according to the EIA.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2026 In about 10 minutes, the plane, a Boeing 737-900, dropped about 27,000 feet, according to People.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2026 Fall pruning should be done after the first hard frost and once the rose has dropped most of its leaves.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2026 Shoot days for digital productions rose 47% in the second quarter to 661 compared to the same period a year — even as the overall number of on-location shoot days dropped 13% during that period.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Sep. 2026 Crews fighting the fire took an innovative approach Monday, using ground vehicles to apply a fire retardant typically dropped from airplanes, according to a post on the forest service’s Facebook page.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Sep. 2026 Carter Jensen hit a pair of solo homers and Salvador Perez had a two-run shot for the Royals (62-78), who have dropped three straight following a 12-1 stretch.—Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2026 Unlike other shows, the prices never dropped closer to showtime, with the lowest hovering around $300-$400 in the last hour.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Sep. 2026
Some of these studies even suggest a decreased risk of breast cancer with certain formulations of menopausal hormone therapy.
—
Versha Pleasant,
The Conversation,
30 July 2026
He was slowed early in his recovery from a knee injury and then saw a decreased role in the rotation in the last month, playing only seven minutes in three tournament games.
The goal came after Furuhashi got loose on a breakaway up the middle of the pitch, only to be felled by New England’s Will Sands in the center of the box, leaving referee Drew Fischer with an easy penalty call.
—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Sep. 2026
Mosaic terrazzo floors with a palm motif are nods to both Tiberius’s villas here and the Ethiopian palm that once stood like an icon outside the hotel, which was felled by a storm in the 1960s.
The first leg was stopped after Vinicius Junior said he had been racially abused by Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni, who denied the allegation.
—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2026
British driver Ollie Millroy thanked rival Loek Hartog for saving his life after the Dutch racer stopped and pulled him from a burning Ferrari during a China GT Championship race in Shanghai on Saturday.
Matthew Denton, a sheriff's deputy in Ohio's Medina County, has a new dog with a new name, Trooper, in a nod to highway patrol officer John Kronander who found the gray and white puppy abandoned in a crate without food or water at a rest area.
—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2026
Lucas abandoned Chicago in June 2016, his sights now firmly set on either Los Angeles or San Francisco.
Copy Citation
