Example Sentences

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In a University of Nevada, Las Vegas, oral-history interview, Duncan described popping into the Department of Housing and Urban Development one day and finding a room full of female bureaucrats, instead of men.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

After popping 13% in its trading debut and climbing as much as 19% during the session, Quantinuum stock settled up less than 1% on Thursday.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

However, Kathryn said she tried everything to stop "intrusive" adverts but updating her settings or clicking on mark as spam buttons did not prevent baby adverts popping up on her feeds weeks after a miscarriage.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

On a rolling three-month basis, the underperformance topped 8 percentage points earlier this month for the first time since April 2000, just as the dot-com bubble was popping.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

With a loud grunt, he took off through the bottoms, popping the brush.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls