Thesaurus results for STOP BY OR IN

stop (by or in)

verb

Definition of stop (by or in)

as in to visit

to make a brief visit stop by on your way to the game so we can go there together

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The popular Dearborn Homecoming Festival is returning to Ford Field Park this weekend, with tens of thousands of people expected to visit and even see musical guest Chance the Rapper.

— Heath Kalb, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
After discovering years’ worth of letters and cards hidden in her dad’s safe and reading the letter Gordon left for her, Annie slips away to Canada to visit Sterling Point and discover exactly who her mom was.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of visit

Verb

Weekly ticket sales for the musical adaptation of The Lost Boys have been more promising, rising to a peak of $1,486,528, but the vampire show was running in the red for weeks, and its budget ballooned past the initial projections.

— Marc Hershberg, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
If Miller, who won his Republican primary unopposed, reverses course and drops out of the race by Aug, 5, GOP leaders could pick a replacement candidate to run in the November midterms general election.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of run in

Verb

Congress is taking its first meaningful step in years toward easing the tax burdens faced by Americans living abroad, with the Senate Finance Committee releasing a draft bill that targets some of the most persistent compliance challenges.

— Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The team nearly netted Houston reliever Bryan Abreu on Friday only for Astros owner Jim Crane to reportedly step in and veto the trade.

— Dan Hayes, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of step in

Verb

When Debbie, Susan, and Thom come over for a double-date pizza night, only Bret is concerned about the spate of recent home invasions, the missing pets, and the desecration of the griffin mascot.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
The declaration comes over a month after Sandoval filed a request for a domestic violence restraining order against Victoria on June 25, following her arrest earlier that month.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

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