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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

Perhaps the loudest: lobbyists and salespeople who have used open seating to zero in on a prospective client or lawmaker and plop down next to them for an in-flight pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

I wanted so badly to ask him what he was writing but would have had to yell across the bar or plop down next to him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025

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

“One of those white wigs that British barristers plop on top of their heads when they are trying a case.”

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

Enthralled, Elio plops a colander on his head and pleads for aliens to touch down and “take me with you — but not in a desperate way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025

But instead of worrying about giving the audience too much of a good thing with a sequel, Feig plops another heaping scoop of melodrama onto the viewer’s plate.

From Salon ● May 3, 2025

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

I cock my head to look at Jupiter—well, more like my head plops to one side, since I no longer have much control over my neck.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

Snoop Dogg, the rap rapscallion who puts the OG in Olympic Games, plopped down on a couch in the NBC green room and muted the TV.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026

It plopped itself into the middle of the fight last week, saying that Warner was legally and ethically bound to re-engage with Paramount in search of a higher payout for stockholders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 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

“I liked the character so much. I was like, ‘Can I just steal her?’ and I just plopped her into ‘KPop.’

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025

He gave me a look and then plopped down near my feet, just out of reach.

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

Repetitive as his jokes get, he’s terrific when his battery runs low, forcing him to wobble hungover-like through a kitchen before plopping face-first in a dog bowl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

If raw tomatoes aren’t really your vibe, try your hand at cooking them and plopping an egg, or two.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

There are two armchairs, a little beat-up, like they’ve had a lot of butts plopping into them an hour at a time for years.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon