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Recent Examples of plop
Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
For example, her kids plopped themselves in a storage tub — a makeshift sled — and skidded down the driveway over and over.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
First, a knight’s urgent secretion plops to the ground behind a tree that offers far too little.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2026
The individual then plops the turtle back down, taps its shell a few times, and walks away.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
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Verb
The severed half plopped limply back into her bowl.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
For example, her kids plopped themselves in a storage tub — a makeshift sled — and skidded down the driveway over and over.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
First, a knight’s urgent secretion plops to the ground behind a tree that offers far too little.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2026
The individual then plops the turtle back down, taps its shell a few times, and walks away.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plop
Verb
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On 26 total pitches against six batters, Birdsong tossed 12 balls and left after giving up a grand slam to former Granada High star Miles Mastroubuoni, a 381-foot blast to right-center.—
Haley Smilow,
Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Don’t give up and toss your plant into the compost pile.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Together, Kevin and the Bandits meet Napoleon Bonaparte and Robin Hood, and visit ancient Greece and the sinking of the Titanic.—
Danny Horn,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
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Gravity didn’t cooperate enough on the five sinking, two-seam fastballs that got hammered up in the zone.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The movie plunks us down at Mar-a-Lago, where Melania struts out the door and into the back of an SUV, which will take her to the red-white-and-blue private plane painted with the word TRUMP that’s waiting for her at the airport.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Ritz-Carlton is the only hotel in its class that’s plunked itself down in an actual neighborhood instead of a dedicated business district.—
Brandon Presser,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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After a day of perfecting your pop-ups, take a soothing dip in the property’s infinity pool, set amidst lush greens for a truly relaxing scene.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2026
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They were marketed as delicious vegan dips since the base is made primarily with raw almonds, but the vegan part was significantly less important to me than the fact that the flavors were so addictive.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But the new uniforms flopped spectacularly upon their debut in spring training, with players complaining that the jerseys looked cheap, felt papery and that the names on the back were too small.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Neo is a few blocks from another property that flopped into financial woes.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Rosehip oil can be applied pure to clean, dry skin on both the face and body using a few drops massaged in gently.—
Beatrice Zocchi,
Vogue,
19 Feb. 2026
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Some centers, like Brook Lopez at his peak with the Milwaukee Bucks or Ivica Zubac before his trade from the LA Clippers, tend to do their work quietly with stout positional defense in drop coverage and strong verticality while taking up an immense amount of space.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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High potency lactic acid deeply exfoliates dead surface cells while licorice brightens dark spots, and it’s clinically proven to immediately and significantly plump the look of fine lines and boost radiance in three minutes, per the brand.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
InStyle,
23 Feb. 2026
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In January, the center will begin a $10-million expansion expected to plump things up with 20 new stores and 100,000 additional square feet of floor space.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The domed crystal here is a callback to vintage dive watches with luminescent Radiomir dials made for the Italian Navy; the PAM01729 offers up a bit of glow, too, with beige Super-LumiNova that shines green in the dark.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2026
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What is a college town without its local dive bar that’s been around since the late ’70s?—
Hannah Bates,
AJC.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Plop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plop. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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