plopped
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The ball bounced off the opposing outfielder’s glove and plopped over the wall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Laura Dern and Greta Gerwig laughed together by the entrance while Samuel L. Jackson plopped down on a curved bench, joking, “Hey, look what I did!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
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
Snoop Dogg, the rap rapscallion who puts the OG in Olympic Games, plopped down on a couch in the NBC green room and muted the TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
Samir wiggled his fingers over a pawn, jiggled his mustache, picked it up, and plopped it down a couple squares ahead, exposed entirely.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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