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or plonked (for)
as in endorsed
to promote the interests or cause of
I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions
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Or will Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden, who endorsed the snitch site when it was launched, be a fair arbiter of charges against federal agents?—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026 -
The City Council’s Rules Committee endorsed Wednesday moving all four of those measures one step closer to the November ballot and having the city attorney’s office craft formal ballot language.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Penn's support for Ukraine dates back to 2022 Penn has long advocated for Ukraine and even gifted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy an Oscar in 2022, shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine and the two countries went to war.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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Disabled people have successfully advocated for access improvements across both Republican and Democratic administrations, most notably through the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act signed by a Republican president.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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Dabrowski of Wilmette, the former president of the Wirepoints conservative activist organization, was backed by some of the same people who supported Bailey’s 2022 run but deemed him unelectable this time.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Polls suggest most Venezuelans supported the ouster of Maduro but not its country being invaded militarily.—
Greg Cote
Updated March 17,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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Mikala grew up taking annual family trips to Austin to visit her grandmother, an Austinite since 1975, and has fully adopted the Texas lifestyle since moving to the Lone Star State in 2018.—
Mikala Compton,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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In fact, since the gas tax was adopted in 1929, Massachusetts has never suspended the gas tax.—
David Wade,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Plunked (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunked%20%28for%29. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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