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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strayed (into)
dropped in
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An egg, dropped in a slop of melting butter, was crisping up from a cloudy white into a golden brown.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026 -
Elsewhere in the program, Stewart balked at being name-dropped in the emails themselves.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Strayed (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strayed%20%28into%29. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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