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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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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Since the mid-1970s, the death rate from cervical cancer has dropped by more than half due to screening and prevention, the ACS says.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2026
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California produced fewer navel oranges compared with the previous season, and Florida’s total orange production dropped by a whopping 32% to the lowest level in nearly a century.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
20 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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After receiving the bribe into the trust account, Okoronkwo routed funds to a company called IPO Capital LLC from February 2016 to 2018.—
Ryanne Mena,
Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Governor Gavin Newsom echoed Bonta’s sentiment and called the city’s lawsuit a waste of taxpayer resources.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
24 Feb. 2026
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Baylor, meanwhile, signed 11 starters from other FBS programs, but only four came over from other P4 schools.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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When Duneland hired Pettit from the Crown Point Community School Corporation in 2019, McDermott also came over from Crown Point to become his assistant.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
21 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 25 Feb. 2026.
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