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"He started coming to some of our gigs, and would plop itself on to one of our seats."

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

But since they’re immortal, they can simply reattach their own limbs and plop their heads back in place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

In order to sit next to a stranger, I’d have to eschew vast stretches of empty stools and plop down right beside them like a creep, hitting on unsuspecting old people.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025

You could plop her performance into a big Hollywood comedy and it would work just as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

I rip open the bag of marshmallows, and just as I plop them in, Lily and Mother come in through the back door.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

If, say, a housing development plops down where you live, you are forced to wander.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

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

Brosnahan: There’s a direction that says “Midge plops on the couch.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

Wednesday plops him amidst his least hostile interviewers yet: his daughter Willow, a regular "Red Table Talk" co-host, alongside his sons Jaden and Trey.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2022

She takes out the mug, plops in a tea bag that smells like lemons, glances at the clock, and says, “Come, on, Lia. Upstairs.”

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

In the morning, as we ate vegan doughnuts and watched cat cartoons, kitten Asher plopped onto my lap and purred loudly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

When it looked like my knuckles would punch holes in it, I plopped it down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Molina plays Sam Cooper, a retired engineer — that will be important — being brought grumbling to the Boroughs, a posh, city-sized retirement community plopped down in the middle of the Southwestern desert.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

When the decorating was done, we plopped on the couch and looked at our tree with wonder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

He plopped down on top of my bare feet.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

You can pace around the living room when you’re watching TV instead of plopping down on the couch.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

For solo travelers or couples, that means plopping down next to strangers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

By plopping modern medicine on the exam table, O’Sullivan offers a thought-provoking challenge to our common assumptions about the importance of early and accurate diagnosis.

From Salon ● May 13, 2025

But rather than just plopping a warehouse next door, Fried said the facility should be a part of the “urban fabric.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

“So nasty,” I grumble, plopping down at the kitchen table.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone