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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunged
Verb
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The importance of that relationship became clear in 2025, when live cattle imports plunged by more than 50%.—
Andrew Muhammad,
Fortune,
21 June 2026 -
Oil stockpiles at the critical oil hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, have plunged to the bare minimum of what is needed to operate.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
Verb
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The wranglers hurriedly unpacked him, and Paul, greatly agitated, dived into the duffel bags after his photographic gear.—
Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
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There is no one in sight, but the surface of the water bursts with evidence of someone having just dived in, disappearing into the cool aqueous depths.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
16 June 2026
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“Lunged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunged. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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