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or plonk (for)
as in to endorse
to promote the interests or cause of
I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions
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Everyone in the theater clammed up, as if embarrassed to have endorsed Max with laughter.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026 -
Some major environmental groups have endorsed him.—
Sophie Austin,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The work to create routes takes time and money — and a push from community members advocating for a trail doesn’t hurt either.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Such an outcome would restore funding to border and immigration enforcement priorities while sidestepping all of the structural reforms Democratic lawmakers spent months advocating after sweeping immigration enforcement action in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Pahlavi in Berlin called on Europeans to do more to support Iranian people fighting for democracy.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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Instead of relying solely on a few flagship machines, China appears to be building a dense and interconnected infrastructure capable of supporting large-scale AI applications across industries.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
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In the broad picture, district budgets throughout the state are likely to be a little larger, level or somewhat smaller — and schools could yet receive a big boost by the time the state’s budget is adopted in June.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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There’s a reason Pete Carroll adopted that strategy up in Seattle with the Seahawks.—
Tracy Kimball,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Plunk (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunk%20%28for%29. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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