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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopped (by or in)
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Because the games are varied on each visit, the location has already seen repeat guests since opening in March, including one family that has visited at least half a dozen times.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026 -
George Christenson, the county clerk, said an FBI agent visited the home of the county's elections director and left a business card.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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The criminal case against the father was dropped in October 2022, but Stimson said the damage was done.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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Be careful to check if USPS staff is stamping mail after hours, otherwise, any postage dropped in the evening will be stamped April 16.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
14 Apr. 2026
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The team was established as the Orlando Miracle in 1999 as a sister team to the NBA’s Orlando Magic, but Magic owner Rich DeVos had no interest in keeping the WNBA franchise and likely would have folded the organization had the Tribe not stepped in.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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Police say Davis waved a gun at the child before Wakefield stepped in front of his son to protect him.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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The number of single-family homes available dropped by about 14% year-over-year last month, and the number of condos available dropped by 10%.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
18 May 2026
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The obvious guess would be country oldies, but that was done and dropped already … Go Country Gold ran on 1260 AM and one of the HD streams for a few months beginning late 2024, only to be dropped by April of 2025.—
Richard Wagoner,
Daily News,
18 May 2026
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The two sides ran in slates aligned against one another.—
Tanya Babbar,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 May 2026
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Ken’s parents also influenced how rinks were ran in the area, the two said.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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Burns asked if Becerra bore responsibility for losing contact with tens of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children who came over the southern border and were placed with often unrelated adult sponsors across the United States by HHS during the Biden administration.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
12 May 2026
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Yankees center fielder Trent Grisham came over and rested his hand on Dominguez until the medical staff came out.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Wahl added in the later news conference that the mother of one suspect called police hours before the shooting.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Last year, the chancellor of the Peralta Community College District, a network of four schools that includes Merritt, proposed a merger with nearby Laney College to create something called Oakland City College.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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“Stopped (by or in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopped%20%28by%20or%20in%29. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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