Example Sentences
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If, say, a housing development plops down where you live, you are forced to wander.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
There’s an omniscient narrator who plops down the facts of Marilyn’s life, vignette-style.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
The way the leech plops onto the forest floor in the 2017 video, with very little obvious control of its landing, seems to be common among these creatures.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
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
She skips over to my side of the room, where I’m hunched over Sovereign Cities of the Supernatural World, and plops down on the end of my bed.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
