lunged

past tense of lunge

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunged
Verb
  • According to Bangladesh’s tax and customs collection agency, the National Board of Revenue (NBR), volumes via these gateways plunged 26 percent in July and 52 percent in August as exporters had to reroute goods out of the country via ocean.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The biopharmaceutical company plunged 21% after results from a phase 3 trial showed Summit’s lung cancer drug, ivonescimab, resulted in fewer improvements in European and North American patients compared to their Chinese counterparts.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Thomas dove in and swam with Malibu, popping up simultaneously from the water and resting their extremities — his arms, her fins — on the edge of the pool.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Russell dove into the research and wanted to bring that charisma Göring historically had.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Lunged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunged. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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