STOPPED (BY OR IN) Synonyms: 20 Similar Words

stopped (by or in)

verb

past tense of stop (by or in)

as in visited

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

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After a police report said Hickerson and his brother, Zach, were at the South Carolina townhouse when the actress was pronounced dead by authorities, Brian was visited by police.

— Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Soon after trainer Dave Groeschner visited the mound, Whisenhunt left the game and returned to the Giants’ clubhouse.

— Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of visited

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At the same time, more land mines are being planted and bombs dropped in other conflicts such as the civil war in Myanmar and border conflicts between Cambodia and Thailand.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
The project, which dropped in April, did not hold on to the Billboard charts for long and even failed to crack the top 20 on the Billboard 200.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of dropped in

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That charge was dropped by the state attorney’s office on June 2, according to a filing reviewed by The Star.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
The water level dropped by 32 feet from the high point on Thursday morning, Chinese broadcaster CCTV said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of dropped by

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An earlier version of this column originally ran in Club Sportico, our online newsletter community.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Andrews, a pediatrician, previously ran in 2022 for the state’s 1st Congressional District and won the Democratic primary for Senate in June.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of ran in

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Of Hawaii’s 74 plays on offense, 30 came over three drives that lasted about nine minutes of game time and resulted in three touchdowns.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
My friend Erickson Wilcox, who was one of my waiters from Lot 61, came over and called out bingo.

— Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of came over

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Autumn Joy Stonecrop Also called autumn joy sedum, this hardy, summer- and fall-flowering perennial is known for its succulent foliage and dense clusters of tiny pink flowers.

— Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
The Cyberdyne Hybrid Assistive Limb, commonly called HAL, is a robotic exoskeleton designed to support patients during rehabilitation.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

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