- present participle of pop.
popping
Example Sentences
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Players try to clear their screen of coloured blobs by lining them up and popping them, creating chain reactions called 'dairensa'.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Hundreds of micro-enterprise incubators, some supported by the government, are popping up in tech hubs like Hangzhou and Shenzhen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
“They’ve become super popular, to the extent that they’ve been popping up in Japan and the U.K., where there are no Trader Joe’s,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
It would benefit traditional newspapers as well as other sources of local news, including the growing number of independent nonprofit newsrooms popping up in communities around the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Standing near his own tent, Bruce watched the oncoming cloud, holding a bag of marshmallows, popping them in his mouth one at a time, and backing away slowly.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
