plopped
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Long gone are the days when fortune seekers plopped drilling rigs behind the State Capitol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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
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
My fingertips grazed the cover just as Gum Baby plopped a sticky hand on it.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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