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Recent Examples of plunk down
In late November, Sun plunked down the $30 million ostensibly needed to cover operating expenses.
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Chris Dobstaff, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
As first reported by Politico Thursday, Housing for All, a super PAC funded by one of the city’s largest landlord lobbies, is plunking down $2.5 million on airing ads boosting Cuomo’s run.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
Typically your doctor would send a sample of your bodily fluids to a lab to find out such information, but soon consumers willing to plunk down their money will have DIY lab tests via a new gadget called Cue.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 May 2014
Bon Jovi and Hurley moved to Palm Beach in 2018, plunking down $10 million for a Mediterranean style mansion.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
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Chris Dobstaff, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
As first reported by Politico Thursday, Housing for All, a super PAC funded by one of the city’s largest landlord lobbies, is plunking down $2.5 million on airing ads boosting Cuomo’s run.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
Typically your doctor would send a sample of your bodily fluids to a lab to find out such information, but soon consumers willing to plunk down their money will have DIY lab tests via a new gadget called Cue.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 May 2014
Bon Jovi and Hurley moved to Palm Beach in 2018, plunking down $10 million for a Mediterranean style mansion.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunk down
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The legal challenges have largely been successful so far, with courts in Arkansas and Ohio striking down similar laws.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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This week John Mendez, a federal judge in Sacramento, struck down one of the measures, Assembly Bill 2655, carried by Assemblyman Marc Berman, a Palo Alto Democrat.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 Aug. 2025
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Jenny and Chris Harmon’s house caught on fire last year when construction workers rebuilding a home on the lot next door used a backhoe to knock down a tree, ripping the electrical wires off the couple’s home.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
3 Aug. 2025
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Local activists told The Guardian a settler drove a bulldozer through their land and used the blade of the machine to knock down a resident who asked him to stop.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
29 July 2025
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The audio has been used in nearly 2 million videos, many of which portray chaotic incidents, such as a person getting knocked over by a splash from a water slide or a woman almost getting hit by a rebounding axe at an axe throwing range.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Just one example: When Tom Sandoval punched Jax Taylor, Shay sobbed to Lisa Vanderpump that she had been knocked over in the scuffle.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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If a user asks a question, quickly and without hesitation, plop out an answer.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The senior dog then plopped himself right between Cartie and Fedoris and lovingly looked up at them.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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In this latest wave, a new kind of influencer wants to wage race wars, topple modern democracies, share assassination techniques, and replace society with all-white ethno-states.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The move came just as Israel’s parliament broke for summer recess, meaning that Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners couldn’t take out their ire by threatening to topple the government.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
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