as in visited
to make a brief visit
I just popped in to say hello
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When Zelensky visited Prague last year, every minute of his schedule was meticulously planned.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026 -
The Netherlands, sitting second in the Kansas City pecking order, had visited in early 2025 and again soon after the draw.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Aztecs won both games amid a six-game winning streak, but attendance dropped in each of their final three home games.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Aledo thumps Colleyville Heritage, Joshua next Tiara Butler dropped in 13 points to lead Aledo to a 48-21 win over Colleyville Heritage in a Class 5A Division I bi-district playoff on Monday.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Feb. 2026
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The White House has touted success in bringing down stubbornly high egg costs, which dropped by 34% from a year ago as the industry recovered from the avian flu.—
Enda Curran,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Overall, cancer death rates in people younger than 50 have dropped by 44% since 1990.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
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Now, the Jacques Pepin Foundation has stepped in to save the year.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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So the City of Rancho Cordova stepped in to help by paying to replace it.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The subway ran in the distance.—
Mary Gaitskill,
New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2026
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Music ran in her family’s blood.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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His agency, also called Wasserman, has lost clients over the Maxwell emails.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Jackson was hospitalized in November and later diagnosed with a degenerative condition called progressive supranuclear palsy, CBS News reported.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Feb. 2026
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The news came over the intercom like an announcement about the lunch menu or a reminder about fire drills.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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Boston’s other two-way players are second-round rookie guards Max Shulga, who made his NBA debut late in Wednesday’s win, and John Tonje, who came over from Utah in the Boucher trade.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Popped (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/popped%20%28in%29. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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