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Noun
Outside, seagulls squawk; a crane lifts sand and plops it on a boat.—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025 In episode three, a tadpolelike specimen from a facehugger is plopped into a tank with a lung.—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025 That takes me right out of the alternative world of Alien and plops me down into our own.—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025 The women seem like they were plucked from 2004, plopped into present day, and just can't grasp how the modern world operates.—Colleen Kratofil, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plop
The name of the album and songs on it were inspired by the real-life sinking of a yacht with the same name.
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Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Sep. 2025
In another instance, the museum spotlights a story about an unplanned sinking of the Orca, when a production boat that was pulling the onscreen boat went too fast and yanked out the Orca’s planking.
Even as Nintendo has endlessly mined its classic consoles for nostalgic re-releases in recent decades, the company has seemed to completely ignore the existence of the Virtual Boy—its abortive 1990s dip into the world of early virtual reality.
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ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
But there are some optimistic signs—traffic dips and sales declines are slowing, per Restaurant Dive, and Starbucks’s China business is also improving.
Between 1958 and 1978, 30 of the low-budget comedies were churned out (a revival in 1992 flopped), attracting millions of viewers worldwide.
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Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
The strategy created momentum, but Llama 4 flopped when it was released in early April 2025—at which point, Pineau had already submitted her resignation.
According to Champo, apply three to four drops onto the fingertips and massage where needed.
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Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
The most severe drop was in press freedom when compared with five years ago, but the indicator for the credibility of elections was at its lowest in 30 years.
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Matthew Tostevin
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Between dives at Prime Scuba Ishigaki, you’ll be served hot mushroom curry rice, beef bowls reminiscent of Yoshinoya, and steaming soup—proof that even on the water, Ishigaki takes its food seriously.
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Kaila Yu,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Holmes anticipates that the dive will open doors for their nonprofits and conservation research for Lake Tahoe.
This milky, creamy formula is packed with peptides and ceramides to help reinforce the skin barrier and plump the skin.
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Esme Benjamin,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
On top of sun protection, it’s loaded with skin-plumping MVPs like hyaluronic acid, glycerin, niacinamide, and ectoin to keep pores happy and hydration levels up.
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