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Recent Examples of plunk
The Astros took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second after Holmes plunked Jeremy Peña with one out.
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Abbey Mastracco, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2025
Marte, hitting at the top of the order in place of Francisco Lindor, was plunked by Quantrill to put two on with none out.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
On his 88th pitch of the day, Hicks plunked Justin Turner and his afternoon was over.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
While nobody has plunked the 500,000-pound obstacle in competition this week, the hole has experienced significant statistical changes.
—Justin Ray, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Abbey Mastracco, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2025
Marte, hitting at the top of the order in place of Francisco Lindor, was plunked by Quantrill to put two on with none out.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
On his 88th pitch of the day, Hicks plunked Justin Turner and his afternoon was over.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
While nobody has plunked the 500,000-pound obstacle in competition this week, the hole has experienced significant statistical changes.
—Justin Ray, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunk
Verb
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Another tossed a traffic cone into the vehicle’s windshield, damaging it.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
5 June 2025
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Winner: Lenovo Legion Go S Tech Specs: Upscaling Is the Secret Sauce Gaming handhelds have to do it all—support the latest and greatest games while maintaining a form factor that can be tossed into your bookbag.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 June 2025
Verb
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Especially not Jackson’s parents, Pam (Sissy Spacek, whose character’s own past background reveals stark parallels to Grace’s current one) and Harry (Nick Nolte, rattled by dementia and also plopped into this movie pointlessly).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
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The studio space, Hoult remembers, was largely covered by shade, but Corenswet found the one bright spot to plop his chair.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
Verb
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The ice cream shop located on a barge in the harbor is slinging scoops in flavors like pepperberry, lavender white chocolate, and honeycomb crunch made using local milk and other island ingredients.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
28 May 2025
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About half the candidates make the cut after interviewing, slinging a bale of hay, and displaying calm with horses.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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This hybrid of tinted serum and blush contains niacinamide, jojoba oil, and watermelon extract to hydrate and plump the skin while also providing a lovely rosy glow.—
Audrey Noble,
Glamour,
5 June 2025
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Formulated with pea sprout extract, red clover extract, and a patented biomimetic peptide, this combo plumps up fine or thinning strands while gently cleansing and conditioning.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
25 May 2025
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“Plunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunk. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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