Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunked down
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Meanwhile, in 2023, Japan’s Supreme Court struck down a 20-year-old statute mandating trans people to be surgically sterilized in order to change their legal gender marker.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
21 Oct. 2025 -
However, other estimates, including one by Fair Fight Action and Black Voters Matter Fund, said Democrats could lose 19 seats if Section 2 were struck down.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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He was knocked down nine times.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Also on Tuesday, police in Providence, Rhode Island, were investigating a vehicle crash involving ICE agents, which city officials say knocked down a utility pole not far from the city center.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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In another, agents knocked over and then tackled a 79-year-old car wash owner, pressing their knees into his neck and back.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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Emma Stone was spotted speaking with Felix from Stray Kids, but both jumped when a crowd of guests knocked over one of the metal chairs — despite security’s best efforts to protect the central table.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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It was yanked off the market and plopped back on.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Gunn flew the brothers to Savannah, Georgia, and plopped them on a stage built on an actual paddlewheel boat, with hundreds of extras in the crowd.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Plunked down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunked%20down. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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