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Recent Examples of plunk
Angels reliever Ryan Zeferjahn plunked two batters in the seventh, and Sam Bachman gave up an RBI single to Nick Kurtz, trimming the Angels’ lead to 5-4.
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Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2026
Isaiah Salas, the reliable freshman, came in and plunked Frei to plate a run.
—Jace Denison, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
Gibson then plunked Brandon Marsh on the right elbow with a 91 mph fastball before Stott connected with a drive over the right-field wall.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
Netflix’s bracingly nasty action-thriller Apex is a fine addition, plonking the star down in a rugged Australian landscape and throwing nature’s formidable might at her while stirring a psychotic serial killer into the mix.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2026
Isaiah Salas, the reliable freshman, came in and plunked Frei to plate a run.
—Jace Denison, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
Gibson then plunked Brandon Marsh on the right elbow with a 91 mph fastball before Stott connected with a drive over the right-field wall.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
Netflix’s bracingly nasty action-thriller Apex is a fine addition, plonking the star down in a rugged Australian landscape and throwing nature’s formidable might at her while stirring a psychotic serial killer into the mix.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunk
plop
Verb
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Now and then something dropped from the tree and plopped into the water.—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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But rebuilding Penn Station also allowed developers to relocate Madison Square Garden from Eighth Avenue and 50th to its present-day spot, between 31st and 33rd and 7th and 8th, and plop it directly above the railway.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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“Plunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunk. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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