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Recent Examples of plop
Victoria Song, The Verge, 24 Jan. 2025
Folks with concerns about salt can plop the beans from the can into a colander.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2025
But then, in the sequel, The Princess Switch: Switched Again, Netflix fully bends the rules of time, space, and reality by plopping King Richard, Queen Amber, and Princess Elleri into the crowd at Queen Margaret’s coronation.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Hailey Bieber just took the office siren look out of the boardroom and plopped it right on the slopes of Aspen.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 22 Jan. 2025
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Verb
That’s not truly the same thing as plopping these glasses on, hopping down to Barcelona, and trying it in the wild.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 24 Jan. 2025
Folks with concerns about salt can plop the beans from the can into a colander.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2025
But then, in the sequel, The Princess Switch: Switched Again, Netflix fully bends the rules of time, space, and reality by plopping King Richard, Queen Amber, and Princess Elleri into the crowd at Queen Margaret’s coronation.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Hailey Bieber just took the office siren look out of the boardroom and plopped it right on the slopes of Aspen.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plop
Verb
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In two spring training starts, the righty has tossed three innings without allowing a run.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, another reader emphasized that the pot wasn’t hers to toss.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Taking seedlings straight from indoors and plunking them into the garden is a shock.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2025
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In his final start of 2018, Sabathia plunked Tampa Bay’s Jesus Sucre in response to the Rays’ Andrew Kittredge throwing behind Austin Romine earlier in the game.—
Peter Sblendorio,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Mitchell is also no longer clearly Cleveland’s best player — and not because of any dip in his ability.—
Joe Vardon,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Stella's reaction aligns with many Trump and Musk critics, with polling showing a dip in approval for the new administration.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Related Articles Big Oakland hotel flops into loan default as local lodging woes widen Iconic San Jose hotel open as renovations get underway Berkeley losing money due to poor lease management practices, audit finds Decades later, the mountain remains vulnerable to development pressures.—
Ryan Macasero,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2025
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If Hicks flops in the spring and is offered back to the Tigers — and if Ramirez begins the season at Triple A — then the Marlins will need to claim a veteran backup because Jhonny Pereda was traded to the Athletics last Friday.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The drop had less to do with Kinder’s Q4 report (which was a lot more good than bad) and more to do with the fact that KMI shares had roughly doubled for the year heading into it.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The collaboration features multiple chapters, with the superstar unveiling more items with each drop.—
Caché McClay,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Rather than plonk cargo or the kids behind the rider atop a rear rack, front loaders puts everything out front.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
1 Oct. 2024
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The idea is to plonk the machine in a venue, university, boardroom, medical facility and so on, and allow folks to chat with a life-like 3D hologram of a person who might be thousands of miles away.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
17 Sep. 2024
Noun
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During the dives, researchers noticed some zoantharians that looked like unusual yellow cluster anemones.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
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Our final data dive focused on the role the departing Mountain West schools played in the conference’s total viewership.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The formula plumped up my skin, so the wrinkles are less defined.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
28 Feb. 2025
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So while the initial idea of plumping your lips with nipple cream might sound a bit awkward, there may be something to it.—
Maggie Ryan,
Flow Space,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Plop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plop. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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