"drop-by" meaning in English

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          "text": "About all George had scheduled during these long hours were a few delegation drop-bys, a duty he shared with other party luminaries, to motivate the troops for the fall campaign.",
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          "text": "[…] might be off to talk at a West Point graduation, return to Washington to speak to an assemblage of liberal city mayors, and conclude by making a few remarks to members of a political action committee that has been scheduled as a \"drop-by.\"",
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          "ref": "2013, Alan Rosenthal, The Best Job in Politics:",
          "text": "Bush managed well, what with Wednesday morning breakfasts and occasional drop-bys at their offices. These private meetings were where differences were aired and settlements started to be fashioned.",
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          "ref": "2026 September 10, Sophie Gilbert, “Jackie Collins Wrote Her Own Revolution”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Beverly Hills today is a bastion of the über-wealthy—Jeff Bezos owns the estate built by Jack Warner of Warner Bros.—and a drop-by for people who come to pose for Instagram.",
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