as in visited
to make a brief visit
I just popped in to say hello
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The website page also said that Kirk had previously visited the school with Turning Point USA in 2019.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025 -
The Levetts, semi-retired bus drivers, first visited Orlando’s theme parks together in 2012.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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The number of recalls dropped in 2020 to 238, the lowest number of recalls CPSC recorded in the 2018 to 2025 period.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Since his debut album Beauty Behind the Madness dropped in 2015, The Weeknd has released multiple bestselling collections, including some that have produced a number of the most successful songs of all time.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Its demands usually came through Coulter, the DOGE lead with the Harvard and hedge fund background, who early on dropped by Dudek’s office unannounced multiple times a week, Dudek said.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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By Monday, some eighteen hundred students had dropped by, and the goods had largely been picked clean—Tetris’d into Ubers, hauled down subway stairs, or just stashed in reusable bags.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Then the Fed stepped in with a bold half-point rate cut to stave off further weakening.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Rubin, formerly of Nine Inch Nails, joined the band this summer after the Foos parted ways with Josh Freese, who had stepped in after the 2022 death of longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Now, in The Pitt, his character is mentoring other young doctors—so much so that the estate of ER creator Michael Crichton has called The Pitt an ER-spinoff.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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A week after suffering a gut-punch loss to Nevada in Reno when two winning touchdowns were called back in the final moment and a tying field goal with seconds to play just missed, Sac State shook off early jitters to unleash a balanced offense in improving to 1-2.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This producer named Justin Raisen came over to meet me.—
Kim Gordon,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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Chris Paddack came over from the Minnesota Twins in a trade July 28.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Popped (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/popped%20%28in%29. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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