popped

Example Sentences

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When the packages arrived, I pried open a pack and popped the top mint into my mouth, despite my wife’s admonition, “Are you insane?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The solar panels and wind turbines that have popped up over swathes of sun-soaked land, from the Tibetan Plateau to Xinjiang's deserts, are part of this vision.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Its unique fluke next popped up six years later -- this time off the coast of the Brazilian megacity Sao Paulo.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

A couple months ago you popped out during Talib Kweli’s show at the Blue Note Los Angeles, but this is your first solo show here.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The tightening of the shoulders, the heating up of my already popped kernel.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell