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But that doesn’t stop her from teasing Sarah Paulson, who has plopped onto the floor in a pool of cherry-red satin to relieve her feet: “I’m sorry, you can’t take shoes off, that’s not appropriate.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2019

Nearby, Deep Sea Sugar & Salt has plopped down a second location in the middle of a residential area on Carleton Avenue South, about two miles from its airstream cake shop.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2018

It’s also a product of Clint Eastwood, whose Hollywood career in acting and storytelling is as legendary as any role John Wayne embodied and any script Steven Spielberg has plopped into theaters.

From Washington Times • Feb. 19, 2015

Sorkin has plopped himself, in semi-cross-legged fashion, on the carpet of the newsroom set as the cast and crew scoot in.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2014

We see from his father's face which is smiling with difficulty that Dick has plopped into the big chair on the other side of the ingle-nook.

From Echoes of the War by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)