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dropper

[drop-er] / ˈdrɒp ər /


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The Tri-Nations triopoly has been broken only once - 2003, Jonny Wilkinson's glorious dropper and all that.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

“This approach had a global impact on the dropper ecosystem,” Europol said.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024

I am an inveterate name dropper as you have just very politely pointed out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

Even Adejuyigbe made it known on September 1 that he was serious about last year's "September" video, a true mic dropper, being his last.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2022

Using it like a dropper, I released a small splash of soda onto the crinkled paper, and watched it expand outward instantly.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Co-hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe and Brian Redban, when there’s a show of this caliber during a festival, you just know the guests are going to be jaw droppers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

He uses up to 100 different shades of color applied with eye droppers to the surface of these canvases.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

The rampant increase of new cognitive hacking exploits, from false-memory droppers to this sort of snareware, made it essential.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2020

Those costs would price out many patients, who would be paying out of pocket for MedPharm Iowa’s pills, droppers or creams.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2018

The monkey was hollow, like all the water droppers Min made.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park


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