stopped (by)

verb

past tense of stop (by)
as in dropped in

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopped (by)
  1. dropped in
  2. dropped by
  3. stepped in
  4. ran in
  5. came over
  6. came by
Verb
  • Cocoa prices have dropped in the last year, but relief is coming too late to help prices for this Halloween, said David Branch, sector manager at Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute.
    — Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Buhler faced two other counts of unlawful possession of a firearm that were dropped in accordance with the plea deal.
    — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of dropped in
Verb
  • Clancy could be tried a second time, offered a plea deal or even have all charges dropped by prosecutors.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The operator of one of Mongolia’s largest copper mines said Thursday its exports of copper concentrate to China have dropped by about 70% in the past two weeks due to restrictions at a border crossing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of dropped by
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  • Voting rights groups that stepped in to help defend Alaska against the lawsuit cheered the ruling.
    — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Medicare stepped in to address that in 2024 with a new training benefit for family caregivers.
    — Raginee Sudhir Chaurey, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of stepped in
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  • 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
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  • Later, another wave of immigrants from mainland China came over.
    — Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Between sessions, one of MoMA’s media and performance curators, Martha Joseph, came over to introduce herself.
    — Nolan Kelly, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of came over
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  • The truest sign that Joseph had tripped the Rams up with Hufanga’s blitz came by looking at Rams right guard Kevin Dotson.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of came by
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