drops by

present tense third-person singular of drop by

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of drops by Dak Prescott actually had a pretty good night and those drops by his receivers could have changed the game. Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026 Continue to rock this A-line dress as the temperature drops by layering either a pair of tights or leggings underneath it. Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026 Rodgers began his 22nd and final season by throwing for 221 yards and a touchdown to tight end Pat Freiermuth but was hampered by a couple of drops by DK Metcalf and a running game that did little to take pressure off him. ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026 Nuclear island building volume is cut by 21 percent, and installation volume drops by about 33 percent. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026 There were a few errant passes by Craig and Schobel, but the biggest problem was drops by the wide receivers. Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2026 Magically, too, Michael drops by for a few bites. Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026 Rodney’s mother drops by with a plate of homemade fish cakes. NPR, 4 Apr. 2026 In fact, Bain & Company research found that when a meeting includes more than seven people, decision quality drops by 10% per extra body. Claire Zillman, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drops by
Verb
  • Leslie Higgins visits the museum after discovering that the American Jazz Museum is closed for a private event.
    Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Young Allen visits his aunt to complain about his father remarrying after his mother’s death.
    Anna Mebel, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That would affect jobs and cause drops in sales, property and tourism taxes.
    Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • This is similar to how the sound of, say, a passing motorcycle drops in pitch as the vehicle zooms away from you.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The discovery comes over a decade after researchers first examined the artifacts.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Cal’s Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele has a better supporting cast than Heintschel does, and Virginia Tech’s Ethan Grunkemeyer comes over to Blacksburg with a bunch of Penn State teammates and coaches.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Its maker, Ruiying Detection Technology, a spinoff from the Institute of High Energy Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, calls it the smallest and lightest CT system ever built.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Sony took part in seven of those deals, building what MPA calls the industry’s only end-to-end anime operation.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Wheeler threw 111 pitches in seven scoreless innings of Game 1 of the 2024 NLDS, then the bullpen surrendered five runs in the eighth.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Diamondbacks scored four two-out runs in the 10th -- two on a single by Geraldo Perdomo, one on a single by Gabriel Moreno and one on a single by Nolan Arenado.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Drops by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drops%20by. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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