plop

Chandor isn’t sure what she’d do if Chonkers tried to plop down somewhere else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

I wanted so badly to ask him what he was writing but would have had to yell across the bar or plop down next to him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025

In order to sit next to a stranger, I’d have to eschew vast stretches of empty stools and plop down right beside them like a creep, hitting on unsuspecting old people.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025

They can often be identified from the distinctive plop sound they make when they dive into the water.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024

From far out in the lake came the fat, rounded plop of a fish jumping, a precise and solitary sound, for the breeze had dropped away completely.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

If, say, a housing development plops down where you live, you are forced to wander.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

We head to a tiny office around the corner where Baker plops down next to his wife and producing partner, Samantha Quan, and fellow producer Alex Coco.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

Joy plops down a chicken sandwich food truck, with plans to add a brick-and-mortar restaurant at the corner of 11th Avenue and East Pine Street in the fall.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

He works in a nondescript cubicle in a huge office, and barely gets through one tray of electronic files before a droid plops another on his desk.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2023

He plops me down on a log bench in the chapel.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Her son Victor, 11, plopped onto the sidewalk to read his Imagination Library edition of "Llama Llama Red Pajama," a family favorite.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

In Santa Monica, when our Waymo showed up, my wife got in the back while I plopped into the front passenger seat—the better to play with the cabin controls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

When the decorating was done, we plopped on the couch and looked at our tree with wonder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

Sydney plopped down in the middle of the room, unconsciously posing, as if he were Cary Grant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025

Maggie, Carrie, and Jeb plopped down as they were told, but not me.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

You can pace around the living room when you’re watching TV instead of plopping down on the couch.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

Repetitive as his jokes get, he’s terrific when his battery runs low, forcing him to wobble hungover-like through a kitchen before plopping face-first in a dog bowl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

If raw tomatoes aren’t really your vibe, try your hand at cooking them and plopping an egg, or two.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026

For solo travelers or couples, that means plopping down next to strangers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Well, it is a box, he says, plopping himself down in the chair.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander