as in to visit
to make a brief visit
stop by on your way to the game so we can go there together
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Camron McDowell — a 6-foot-6, 180-pound senior-to-be combo guard from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma, who averaged 27.3 points per game in 2024-25 — visited Utah on March 30.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2025 -
So Pastor Billy took the new assignment — but makes a point to visit Diana in her new home regularly.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
13 June 2025
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Grapevine’s offense started strong with four runs in the first two innings.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 June 2025
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The second verse is one of the most breathless and breathtaking runs in his whole catalog.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
6 June 2025
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But hydrogen needs to be produced, stored, and delivered, and every step in that process consumes energy.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Sergey Stavisky, senior author of the paper on this tech that's set to appear in Nature, explained that this is a major step in that direction.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
14 June 2025
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The deployments came over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom and local officials.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
14 June 2025
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Finishing eighth in the race was Langston Thompson, who came over to hug his big brother.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
12 June 2025
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“Stop (by or in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stop%20%28by%20or%20in%29. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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