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Verb
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Magically, too, Michael drops by for a few bites.—
Jocelyn Noveck,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Rodney’s mother drops by with a plate of homemade fish cakes.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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That amounts to 3 drops in a 55-gallon barrel.—
Kaan Ozcan,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
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They’re usually given as drops in the mouth, not shots, WebMD said.—
Don Sweeney
April 6,
Sacbee.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But the message comes over the course of several years, not a couple minutes of gunfire.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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The report comes over a year after Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that the company would do away with its fact-check program and stop using automation to detect and remove hate speech.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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After the Twins tied the score with a ninth-inning rally of their own, Garrett Acton yielded three unearned runs in a 7-4 loss to the Reds in 10 innings.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Visions du Réel runs in Nyon until April 26.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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Just be sure to let your neighbors know to wake you when the drink cart comes by.—
Carin Ryan,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2026
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Transcription comes by its tragicomic suspicion of devices honestly.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Forging consensus Once in office, Warsh will head a Federal Open Market Committee populated with officials who have expressed misgivings about the next steps in monetary policy.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Boston Public Schools had already taken similar steps in January, in response to a separate $53 million budget shortfall.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Stops (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stops%20%28by%29. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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