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Recent Examples of plank
The rather elegant pool house built there by FDR, for example, was planked over during the Nixon administration in order to build the current, somewhat frumpy Press Room.
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2025
Schwartz embraces planking as a convenient way to work virtually every major muscle in the body.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
The key takeaway is to give planking a try by starting slowly and easily.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Razzouk claims to have some of the 500-year-old wood planks his family used for tattooing.
—Gustavo Morello, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2024
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2025
Schwartz embraces planking as a convenient way to work virtually every major muscle in the body.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
The key takeaway is to give planking a try by starting slowly and easily.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Razzouk claims to have some of the 500-year-old wood planks his family used for tattooing.
—Gustavo Morello, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plank
Verb
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For seating, slide into the red velvet banquettes or plop onto a gold tiger velvet stool.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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After Hancock waits an hour or so for the drone to descend, the moment arrives and the drone plops Hancock’s syrup directly onto the concrete, which isn’t a good sign.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Trevor Bauer, the former Cy Young Award winner and MLB All-Star, tossed a no-hitter for the independent Long Island Ducks in a 13-0 win over the Lancaster Stormers on Sunday afternoon at Penn Medicine Park in Pennsylvania.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Now, some things are always going to be worth tossing—anything broken that can't be repaired, for example—but for other items, the line between keep or toss isn't so clear cut.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Plank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plank. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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