Example Sentences

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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

Within a week, Brundage was popping up on Big Pipes’ weekly conference call, sharing what he knew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Guidance for the current quarter was another reason the stock was popping.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

“Russia,” she writes, “stripped me of my humanity … sadness was popping all over the place.”

From Slate • May 4, 2024

The old soldier was popping com: pop pop poppity pop.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara