STOPPING (BY) Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

stopping (by)

verb

present participle of stop (by)

as in coming over

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Coleman said the company is in development on a handful of projects with announcements coming over the next couple of months.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 July 2026
Paredes was seen coming over to a post-match fracas between players from the two nations and putting his hand on the throat of García.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of coming over

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That pitch has already landed early customers like workspace platform Notion and AI customer‑service startup Decagon, where Aiden is running in production.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Vantrack plans to reveal the production Lightcamp van in September and will show it at the Netherlands' big Camper Trade Fair in Utrecht, running in late September/early October.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 July 2026

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While the world’s oceans have generally been heating up, one patch of the Atlantic located south of Greenland has been dropping in temperature.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 22 June 2026
And then, her par putt on 18 – measured at 2 feet, 10 inches – spun tantalizingly around the rim of the cup before dropping in and ending the suspense.

— Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 8 June 2026

Definition of dropping in

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The Tar Heels stumbled to a 2-5 start and lost their first five games to power conference opponents, with the first three coming by an average of 29 points.

— Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 17 July 2026
The two recent launches give Disney a fleet of eight ships but five more are coming by 2031.

— Christian Sylt, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Definition of coming by

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As Bay Area art schools flounder under financial strain, Silicon Valley is increasingly stepping in as an influential force in the region’s cultural landscape.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
Jobs are shifting from operating software to managing a hybrid workforce of humans and agents—setting goals, validating outputs, and stepping in when judgment is required.

— Girija Krishnamurthy, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of stepping in

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In addition, reports suggest that Mexican tomato production declined after the agreement ended, with tomato imports dropping by 13% year over year.

— Elizabeth Canales, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
The group also found that diagnoses of gambling disorders fell in the 11 states that did not legalize sports betting, with cases dropping by about 30% from 2018 to March 2026.

— Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 26 June 2026

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