dropped

Example Sentences

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When they still fell short, Samrith Sarav’s son dropped out of school at age 13 to join his mother at the recycling plant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"It is alleged that more than 10 suspects were dropped off by a white Toyota Quantum near a petrol station in Cleveland," the police said in a statement.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

When the list expanded to forty words, accuracy dropped to just 15%.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The VanEck Semiconductor ETF, which owns Nvidia and a host of other chip makers that are seeing explosive growth from Big Tech services companies’ investments in artificial intelligence data centers, dropped more than 9% Friday.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Ba dropped his suitcases and they thudded against the floorboards.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu