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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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The group does not endorse any candidates or political parties.—
Deb Harvell,
Arkansas Online,
11 May 2025 -
Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Saar, publicly endorsed the U.S. plan Sunday and called on countries and aid groups to cooperate.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
11 May 2025
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After much speculation as to whether the two leaders would engage in a face-to-face meeting—something Zelensky advocated for, on the condition that a cease-fire would be agreed to prior—the two did not meet.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
17 May 2025
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Key members of the DevOps team unit, dedicated and qualified unit testing professionals will still advocate the need for an additional layer of testing.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Brown gathered prominent African-American voices, primarily star athletes, to discuss and ultimately support heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali's refusal, a month earlier, to enter the Vietnam War draft.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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It’s become his signature issue and most Americans support it.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
13 May 2025
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Charvel said the budget problems for the ongoing fiscal year can also be blamed partly on the Trump administration, which has made economic moves that city officials say would have been hard to predict when the budget was adopted last summer.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Read the Tribune investigation Chicago Tribune 7 Comments Trade groups for chemical companies and water treatment agencies sued the EPA last year after the agency under Biden adopted the nation’s first limits on PFAS in drinking water.—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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“Plunk (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunk%20%28for%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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