Thesaurus results for POPPED (IN)

popped (in)

verb

past tense of pop (in)

as in visited

to make a brief visit I just popped in to say hello

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Lake Pueblo State Park, consistently the most-visited in Colorado, welcomed about 3 million people in 2025, according to data from Colorado Parks and Wildlife, provided to The Denver Post.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
The former heavyweight champion visited the White House on Friday and offered a brief prediction when reporters asked how Republicans would fare in the midterms.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

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According to provincial data, Quebec’s exports of metal ores and non-metallic minerals dropped by nearly 25% in 2025, alongside double-digit declines in autos, chemicals, and plastics products.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
In response, his program was dropped by World Harvest Television and GEB America Network — two of the few networks that carried his new show — and was cut off by credit card companies.

— Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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Online sellers, street vendors and WhatsApp and Telegram groups have also stepped in to fill gaps left by state pharmacies, which for decades were the main source of subsidized medicines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
After the physical altercation, both men retreated toward their vehicles after witness Jamie Jedlinsky, 70, reportedly stepped in to defuse the situation.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

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In 1921, a small Japanese company called Shimano began making bicycle freewheels in Osaka.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
There are also plans afoot by the French defense procurement agency (DGA) called SNA3G, which are preliminary plans for an eventual replacement of the Suffren-class in the future.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

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