plinked

Definition of plinkednext
past tense of plink
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Verb
  • Marcelo Mayer led off the third with a single, and Flaherty plunked catcher Carlos Narváez to put two men on for Durbin, who lined his seventh double of the year to left for a 2-0 lead.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
  • Story wasn’t happy after being plunked in the numbers, and plate umpire Adam Beck stepped between him and the mound.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • Signs of the transition are peppered throughout the 200,000-square-foot exhibit hall where shareholders buy products from Berkshire companies.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 May 2026
  • The America First Legal advocacy organization, which peppered corporate America with discrimination complaints, has used that footage in complaints.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Our buckteeth clinked painfully.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Glasses clinked; and at the center of it all was her very first ESSENCE cover, in October 2017.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Authorities said Casey’s phone was pinged and later showed a remote spot between Thunder mountain trail and Nugget Creek trail, which prompted rescue teams to respond to the area of the ping.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The bells that dangled off her red tunic jingled.
    Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Netflix and Amazon jingled all the way to some big audiences on Christmas Day, thanks to the NFL.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Musk’s xAI interests During cross-examination, Musk repeatedly clashed with OpenAI lead counsel William Savitt of Wachtell Lipton.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 2 May 2026
  • Anthropic, the San Francisco company behind the chatbot Claude, clashed with the Pentagon earlier this year over whether there were adequate safeguards around the military’s use of its technology.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
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“Plinked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plinked. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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