Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopped (by)
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Success has dropped in for occasional visits with the USC men’s basketball team this season.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
25 Feb. 2026 -
The stack tilted, then dropped in one piece before striking the ground with a heavy thud.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
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The president dropped by a retreat at his Doral golf club to sell the Iran war and pump up Republican lawmakers ahead of the midterm elections.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Downforce has dropped by roughly 30 percent and drag by around 55 percent, encouraging closer racing and more overtaking.—
Brad Spurgeon,
Robb Report,
9 Mar. 2026
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The state has stepped in for reasons including fiscal mismanagement, cheating scandals and consistently failing academic performance at a campus.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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During segregation, when Black women were often denied care in hospitals, community midwives stepped in.—
Nicky Zizaza,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Reed ran in junior high, then fell in love with the sport again while living in New York City, where her run club convinced her to run the New York Marathon in 2010.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
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The subway ran in the distance.—
Mary Gaitskill,
New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2026
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Sirota came over in last year’s trade that sent Gavin Lux to the Cincinnati Reds.—
Jack Vita,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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At one point, a member of the Revolutionary Guard came over to cut up Khamenei’s breakfast meat.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Henderson didn’t even consider basketball until a coach from a local girls team came by the netball courts.—
Eden Laase,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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David Byrne came by and eventually David Bowie did, too.—
Fab 5 Freddy,
Vanity Fair,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Stopped (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopped%20%28by%29. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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