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Recent Examples of plank
Schwartz embraces planking as a convenient way to work virtually every major muscle in the body.
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
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
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plank
Verb
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In the dressing room, after applying lipstick and rouge, Kaliardos plopped a wig of long, stringy brown hair on Costanzo’s head.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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So grab your favorite snack and beverage, plop yourself on the couch and get ready for 10-plus hours of consecutive football – but not commercial-free, much to the chagrin of longtime NFL RedZone fans – to kickstart the season.—
Jacob Camenker,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Now, amid the federal overhaul, Morgan fears the VA will toss aside her family and other families' cases.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Hughes noted that New York has a handful of packages prepared for the rookie and could toss him out there in certain situations Week 1.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Plank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plank. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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