plank

as in to plop
to throw or set down clumsily or casually planked the carton down on the counter and left

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Recent Examples of plank With its warm wood planking, plentiful resting areas, and plantings of long, waving grasses, the park, no matter how crowded, feels like a calm canyon snaking through crumbling tenements and monumental skyscrapers, offering occasional glimpses of the Hudson River beyond. News Desk, Artforum, 13 Mar. 2025 Some sections of planking are worn away but enough remain for archaeologists to consider the ship as an oldest-of-its-kind find. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025 Your golf swing can also benefit from planking, concluded another study published in the June issue of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024 Everything else kinda follows suit, and that’s what’s so kind of great about planking. Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for plank
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  • The waiter plopped two new glasses of wine on the table, as if they had been pre-poured on a conveyor belt in the kitchen.
    Helen Schulman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
  • Once said fun is over and all your dinner party invitees have left, simply plop these babies in the dishwasher for a hassle-free cleanup.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
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  • For weeks, social media has been flooded with videos of federal agents, their faces often shrouded by masks, violently arresting bystanders who are filming their actions, dragging a taco stand vendor by her arm and tossing smoke bombs into a crowd of angry onlookers.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
  • They’re rolled across bathroom floors, stored in public bins at TSA checkpoints, and tossed into airplane cargo holds.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025

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“Plank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plank. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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