as in visited
to make a brief visit
drop in any time—we're always home
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Recent Examples of dropped in
Markets dropped in response, but only temporarily.
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Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
And Steyer’s spending spree was nowhere near the $1 billion that Michael Bloomberg dropped in just 104 days on his 2020 campaign for president.
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Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
The lawsuit was reportedly dropped in 2013 after State Farm reached a settlement with Von D, per People magazine.
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Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Those idea were dropped in the face of public pushback, and the council applied several million dollars from reserves.
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Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
Well, once the puck dropped in Game 1, the broadcasts hadn't even gotten through the starting lineups before Hurricanes forward Nikolaj Ehlers put the home team up by one on the very first shot of the series.
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Matt Reigle,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
In 2015, he was indicted on securities fraud charges, but they were later dropped in 2024 as part of a pre-trial diversion deal.
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Fin Daniel Gómez,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
However, two federal investigations of Polymarket were dropped in July without further action being taken.
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Ian Thomas,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
Be careful to check if USPS staff is stamping mail after hours, otherwise, any postage dropped in the evening will be stamped April 16.
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Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
14 Apr. 2026
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
And Steyer’s spending spree was nowhere near the $1 billion that Michael Bloomberg dropped in just 104 days on his 2020 campaign for president.
—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
The lawsuit was reportedly dropped in 2013 after State Farm reached a settlement with Von D, per People magazine.
—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Those idea were dropped in the face of public pushback, and the council applied several million dollars from reserves.
—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
Well, once the puck dropped in Game 1, the broadcasts hadn't even gotten through the starting lineups before Hurricanes forward Nikolaj Ehlers put the home team up by one on the very first shot of the series.
—
Matt Reigle,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
In 2015, he was indicted on securities fraud charges, but they were later dropped in 2024 as part of a pre-trial diversion deal.
—
Fin Daniel Gómez,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
However, two federal investigations of Polymarket were dropped in July without further action being taken.
—
Ian Thomas,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
Be careful to check if USPS staff is stamping mail after hours, otherwise, any postage dropped in the evening will be stamped April 16.
—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dropped in
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Last week, organizers said Philadelphia's FIFA Fan Festival was the most visited in the United States.
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At the time Eloise visited the White House, her father, a rear admiral in the Navy, had recently been killed in a plane crash.
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The movie, which stars Andrew Garfield as the OpenAI boss, was abruptly dropped by AmazonMGM despite being nearly finished.
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As of Monday, June 22, gas prices dropped by double digits across Florida from the same time last week.
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However, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) stepped in to recommend delaying license auctions for the upper band until after the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027 (WRC-27).
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After the handball in the box on Czechia's Pavel Sulc, Teboho Mokoena stepped in for a penalty, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and buried a shot into the left side of the net to make this a 1-1 match with under 10 minutes to go.
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One of the entities that helped turn an idea into those accounts was a partnership called the Emergency Savings Initiative (ESI), between asset manager BlackRock and Commonwealth, a national nonprofit focused on financial security.
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Tetanus is caused by a bacterium called Clostridium tetani.
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The two sides ran in slates aligned against one another.
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Ken’s parents also influenced how rinks were ran in the area, the two said.
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