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or plonked (for)
as in endorsed
to promote the interests or cause of
I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions
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O’Connell updated a city ordinance that required immigration enforcement to be reported to his office, and endorsed The Belonging Fund, which provided aid to families affected by the raids.—
David Weigel,
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With Friday’s vote, the board endorsed Levine Cava’s flat property-tax rates.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Vogel also advocated for the passage of legislation that eventually acknowledged the injustice of the exile and imprisonment and provided a payment of $20,000 to Japanese American camp survivors.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, the party's leader, has historically advocated for a more Taiwanese, as opposed to a Chinese, identity.—
Jan Camenzind Broomby,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
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The findings demonstrated that the scaffold not only supported cell survival but also enabled reconnection across a severe injury.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Helicopters and super scoopers--specialized firefighting aircraft scooping water out of Pine Flat Lake-- supported suppression efforts as visibility allowed.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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But only a small percentage of people who used The Browser Company’s Arc adopted the program’s special features.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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The pair have since married and adopted twin children.—
Mikelle Street,
Them.,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Plunked (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunked%20%28for%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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