STOPS (BY OR IN) Synonyms: 19 Similar Words

stops (by or in)

verb

present tense third-person singular of stop (by or in)

as in visits

to make a brief visit stop by on your way to the game so we can go there together

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Chang's 77-year-old mother, Lien, receives SNAP aid, too, and visits two food banks each week.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026
Chang's 77-year-old mother, Lien, receives SNAP aid, too, and visits two different food banks each week.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of visits

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The numbers across the city were a setback for Bass, who has made homelessness one of her signature issues and previously touted two straight years of drops in street homelessness.

— Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Previous winners of this award have earned big moves off the back of the achievement, but others have suffered drops in form afterwards.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of drops in

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Wicked Wonderland comes over a decade after the original trilogy with Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce and Booboo Stewart arrived on the Disney Channel in 2015.

— Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
The latest escalation comes over a battle for the Strait of Hormuz.

— Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 15 July 2026

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Prior to the ninth, Miami scored five runs in the first two innings against Phillies starter Zack Wheeler to take a 5-2 lead.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 July 2026
The Braves next went to right-hander Tyler Kinley, who has given up eight homers and 18 runs in 36 innings pitched.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 27 July 2026

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