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stopped (by)

verb

past tense of stop (by)
as in dropped in

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  1. dropped in
  2. dropped by
  3. stepped in
  4. ran in
  5. came over
  6. came by
Verb
  • Spending on salon and mobile grooming dropped in 2025 as more people picked up the routine tasks themselves.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The band’s eighth and most recent album, Love Is Like, dropped in 2025.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of dropped in
Verb
  • While student enrollment had dropped by more than 12,000 over the last five years, staffing numbers had remained the same.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The movie, examining the rise of Sam Altman (played by Andrew Garfield) and OpenAI, was dropped by Amazon MGM earlier this year, leading to a scramble for a new buyer before Neon stepped in — and breathless speculation about the movie’s contents.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of dropped by
Verb
  • As leading insurers have retreated from California, one carrier has stepped in to fill the gap.
    — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Even when right tackle Drew Terrill went out early in the Cougars’ Saturday win over Oregon State, Ronnell McLain stepped in and performed well.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of stepped in
Verb
  • Ya Lily’s content ran in nearly 109,541 Temu ad campaigns in that period, the data show.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • DeLuca then chopped a ball softly to the left side that shortstop Xander Bogaerts ran in to grab.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of ran in
Verb
  • Speaking of dominating running backs, Kenneth Walker III, who came over from the Seahawks after winning Super Bowl MVP, looked like the best offseason addition.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • James says her husband came over and confronted the woman, who claimed J'Mark belonged to her.
    — Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of came over
Verb
  • The discovery came by accident, said the study’s co-lead author Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz to NBC News.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The dystopia depicted in the ad came by way of George Orwell’s imagination, but the fears underlying it had deep American roots.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of came by
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