Example Sentences
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Plopped in the middle is a long, brilliantly executed essay called “Confessions of a Human Shield.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2019
Plopped into the midst of these bizarre creatures is a man who might have stepped straight from the cover of a Harlequin Romance paperback.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2016
Plopped into the desert, this small, lush grove of trees looked junglelike and out of place, with a boardwalk over water and palm fronds splayed out from trunks like long hula skirts.
From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2015
Plopped right in the middle of this mélange of “stuff” was an ad for American Apparel, advertising tee shirts and other tops.
From Forbes • Jun. 19, 2014
Plopped down in the middle of Azerbaijan or Arizona or Angola, it could start pushing out toilet seats one day and pipeline sections the next.
From Time Magazine Archive
