Pop In

At least once every six months, Alex did what she called the pop-in. ❋ Aliya S. King (2010)

Seasonal pop-ups have always been around; shops like Halloween USA appropriately pop-in to take advantage of the holiday hoopla. ❋ Margarita Barry (2011)

Flexibility and mobility were the priorities, said Mr. Steele, who designed cut-outs that can be fitted with pop-in windows or used as walkways depending on the configuration. ❋ Pia Catton (2011)

• As understood via a "pop-in": Sixth graders at an urban elementary school are working individually on multiplying and dividing fractions. ❋ Gregory Michie (2011)

Instead, 800,000 older people with basic needs receive no support at all, while many impoverished older people rely on a desperately brief "seven-minute pop-in" from a paid carer each day. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And perhaps Crystal -- or even other Oscar vets, such as Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg or Jon Stewart -- would be willing to do a pop-in, either live or via a recorded segment. ❋ Jen Chaney (2011)

The controls for Opera Unite mostly run out of a pop-in sidebar, allowing you to start, stop, and configure services you want running. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Anyway, just a quick pop-in today to show off my cardinal friend. ❋ Jpitta (2010)

• As understood via a "pop-in": In a third-grade classroom, a teacher is guiding his students through a story from a reading series. ❋ Gregory Michie (2011)

• As understood via a "pop-in": A fourth grade teacher is meeting in a small group with seven students, working on comprehension skills. ❋ Gregory Michie (2011)

As I said, there is never a real explanation for the annual pop-in except that that's the story's gimmick. ❋ Marshall Fine (2011)

Brad Pitt, although it's always possible he could do a surprise pop-in, for reasons that will become apparent later in this list. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Savage is still acting -- he has busied himself mostly with indie movies and the occasional pop-in on a series like "Chuck" -- so he'd undoubtedly be interested. ❋ Unknown (2010)