lunged

past tense of lunge

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunged
Verb
  • The move came after Strategy shares plunged about 50% from their 2025 peak, erasing much of the premium investors were once willing to pay for its massive bitcoin holdings.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
  • London — Two top leaders at the BBC resigned on Sunday amid an escalating scandal over impartiality and bias that plunged Britain’s public broadcaster into one of its biggest crises in recent years.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Allen dived under his truck but was killed by shotgun blasts.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Oxygen tanks weren’t invented until the 19th century, yet there is evidence that Neanderthals 90,000 years ago dived deep for clams.
    Vanita Salisbury, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Lunged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunged. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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