as in visited
to make a brief visit
I just popped in to say hello
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When the Miami Herald visited her home Wednesday evening, a man was working in the garage but refused to comment on what happened that day.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026 -
Charles has visited every continent on Earth, drinking rancid yak butter tea in Lhasa, snorkeling with sea lions in the Galapagos and even climbing an iceberg in Antarctica.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Success has dropped in for occasional visits with the USC men’s basketball team this season.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
25 Feb. 2026
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The stack tilted, then dropped in one piece before striking the ground with a heavy thud.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
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Within just two weeks of the cutoff, at the end of December, enrollment had dropped by 1 million people.—
Jenisha Watts,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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Litigation filings have dropped by nearly 23% since 2023.—
Mark Wilson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
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The state has stepped in for reasons including fiscal mismanagement, cheating scandals and consistently failing academic performance at a campus.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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During segregation, when Black women were often denied care in hospitals, community midwives stepped in.—
Nicky Zizaza,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Reed ran in junior high, then fell in love with the sport again while living in New York City, where her run club convinced her to run the New York Marathon in 2010.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
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The subway ran in the distance.—
Mary Gaitskill,
New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2026
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The culprit appeared to be tara flour, made from the seed pods of a thorny tree called Peruvian carob.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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The first-stage booster making its eighth flight was recovered once again on the droneship called A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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Sirota came over in last year’s trade that sent Gavin Lux to the Cincinnati Reds.—
Jack Vita,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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At one point, a member of the Revolutionary Guard came over to cut up Khamenei’s breakfast meat.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Popped (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/popped%20%28in%29. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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