dropped in

past tense of drop in

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dropped in Jansen's blooper dropped in for an RBI single, and a throwing error by left fielder Alan Roden allowed Jansen to reach second. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 Spending on salon and mobile grooming dropped in 2025 as more people picked up the routine tasks themselves. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026 The band’s eighth and most recent album, Love Is Like, dropped in 2025. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026 Unemployment in Florida dropped in August, though state economists have cautioned an uptick is expected before the end of the year. — Jim Turner, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026 Taco Bell’s foot traffic dropped in July, following the spread of cyclosporiasis. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 The past few weeks have seen the former Dateline correspondent and To Catch a Predator host state that he was not consulted on the movie and did not know about the production until shortly before the trailer dropped in May. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026 Smith completed a pre-trial intervention program, so all charges were dropped in March 2025. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 The project, which dropped in April, did not hold on to the Billboard charts for long and even failed to crack the top 20 on the Billboard 200. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dropped in
Verb
  • The second-year tight end also visited the blue medical tent on the sideline Sunday after a 19-yard catch-and-run in which he got collided hard with a Browns defensive back.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Our photographers also visited park openings in Davis and Sacramento, and travelled to the remote Placer County community of Iowa Hill after a sheriff’s deputies engaged in a two-hour shootout with a man who killed a woman in a home nearby.
    — Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • By comparison, just 9% of homeowners nationwide who changed insurers over the last five years said they were dropped by their insurer, according to a 2025 Consumer Reports survey.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Petitioners’ odds of winning or reaching a settlement dropped by 48 percentage points if their cases required a formal trial rather than a judge ruling based on filings and oral arguments.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Kam Moore stepped in at linebacker for Robert Stephens III, who went down with a lower leg injury in the first half.
    — Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Backup quarterback Zach Marker stepped in to finish the second half.
    — Alejandro Hernandez, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Like a left turn phase could be called if there’s a car there or it could be skipped if there’s no car there.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • His best friend’s wife recently called him asking for a loan.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Ya Lily’s content ran in nearly 109,541 Temu ad campaigns in that period, the data show.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • DeLuca then chopped a ball softly to the left side that shortstop Xander Bogaerts ran in to grab.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

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“Dropped in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dropped%20in. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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