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Recent Examples of plunking
The second inning began with Brown plunking Ryan O’Hearn.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Nolan Gorman and Mason Wynn led off the ninth with back-to-back singles, then Walker loaded the bases by plunking Jimmy Crooks.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Nolan Gorman and Mason Wynn led off the ninth with back-to-back singles, then Walker loaded the bases by plunking Jimmy Crooks.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunking
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During that span, Browning went 4-3 as the team’s starter while tossing 12 touchdowns to just seven interceptions.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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After tossing a few MAGA hats to the crowd, Kirk sat down under the canopy to take questions.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Perfect Match producers likely knew that plopping Clayton and Rachel into the same romantic villa meant tapping into a larger saga — one that lies at the center of a sprawling follower network.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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New York's iconic Russ & Daughters celebrates 100 years of slinging bagels and lox this year.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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Dunn allegedly shouted at a group of federal officers before slinging the salami sandwich at one of them.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
28 Aug. 2025
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The Godfather director steals the show here as an energetic, pugnacious and visionary circus ringleader who put his money where his mouth was for a project that wound up flopping critically and commercially.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Domnhall Gleeson stars as the new editor-in-chief of a flopping Toledo newspaper tasked with revitalising its output.—
Lucy Ford,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Plunking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunking. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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