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  • Bajaj generally opts for the quick tableside drop-by so he's not intruding and so he can dispense TLC to more guests per hour.

    Restaurateur Ashok Bajaj: Potentate of the D.C. plate Manuel Roig-Franzia 2011

  • After dinner we took a walk through the Foster-Powell neighborhood to see my old house and to drop-by and say hello to our friends Michelle and John and their cute-as-can-be daughter Madeline.

    Friends 2009

  • "It should be a drop-by relationship," says Sarah Dahlgren , who took over the New York Fed's financial-institution supervision group in January after leading a team that monitored the New York Fed's loan to insurer American International Group Inc.

    The Regulator Down the Hall Aaron Lucchetti 2011

  • Instead of a random drop-by, the prince (white beard, unruly eyebrows, bespoke pinstripe suit) spent the entire morning touring classrooms and chatting with the 300 international students about a weather project ("Some clouds are very dangerous," he noted, "these can be really nasty"), their artwork ("You know something. . . it has a passing resemblance to my dog"), and otherwise giving the entire program a royal pat of approval.

    Prince Michael pays a visit to British School, gives royal thumbs-up The Reliable Source 2011

  • Administration officials scheduled a session with the Pakistani delegation, officially headed by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, to be held in the Roosevelt Room and arranged for a presidential "drop-by" that lasted about 35 minutes.

    Expanded U.S. military aid sought for Pakistan Karen DeYoung 2010

  • But the Fox NFL show took a truly cutting-edge turn Sunday when it was briefly turned into drop-by at a new car lot.

    Griese crosses line that sportscasters shouldn't approach 2009

  • "It should be a drop-by relationship," says Sarah Dahlgren , who took over the New York Fed's financial-institution supervision group in January after leading a team that monitored the New York Fed's loan to insurer American International Group Inc.

    The Regulator Down the Hall Aaron Lucchetti 2011

  • Bajaj generally opts for the quick tableside drop-by so he's not intruding and so he can dispense TLC to more guests per hour.

    Restaurateur Ashok Bajaj: Potentate of the D.C. plate Manuel Roig-Franzia 2011

  • There wasn't so much as a drop-by from Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

    A humdrum session at the U.N. Al Kamen Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

  • Administration officials scheduled a session with the Pakistani delegation, officially headed by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, to be held in the Roosevelt Room and arranged for a presidential "drop-by" that lasted about 35 minutes.

    Expanded U.S. military aid sought for Pakistan Karen DeYoung 2010

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