Thesaurus results for POPS (IN)

pops (in)

verb

present tense third-person singular of pop (in)

as in visits

to make a brief visit I just popped in to say hello

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In the scene, Ullman visits Wendy and Danny in the hospital and tells them that no evidence of the supernatural has been found back at the hotel.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
All this is very much on his mind when Roy later visits the Lady Greyhounds’ coaches’ office, where Nate has also stopped by for a visit.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of visits

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Some individual teams who have lost local TV deals reportedly faced $20 million revenue drops in related earnings as a result.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
For most players, offensive production drops in October, when batters face the best pitchers from the best teams.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of drops in

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Oh, and Nate (Nick Mohammad) drops by to visit Nelson Road — and take part in a reunion of the Diamond Dogs, who are called into duty when Roy asks for advice on being a new dad.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
When the value of a newly public company drops by more than a third within months of its trading debut, investors usually scramble for the exits.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of drops by

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The discovery comes over a decade after researchers first examined the artifacts.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026
Cal’s Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele has a better supporting cast than Heintschel does, and Virginia Tech’s Ethan Grunkemeyer comes over to Blacksburg with a bunch of Penn State teammates and coaches.

— Manny Navarro, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of comes over

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While traffic has dipped in response, ships continue to cross, with many making shuttle runs in and out of the Gulf to unload oil cargoes via ship-to-ship transfers.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Dobbins had a pair of 10-yard-plus runs in more than four quarters of work against the Chiefs and Jaguars but has not logged one since the early minutes of Denver’s Week 2 win over Jacksonville.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of runs in

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Johnny calls David with this update just in time to stop Cathcarts’ final offer from reaching the Taylor & Byrne camp.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Then in 1989, an assailant attacked an elementary school in Stockton, California, using an assault rifle to kill five people and wound 29, prompting public outcry and calls to restrict such weapons.

— Robert Spitzer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

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