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or plonking (for)
as in advocating
to promote the interests or cause of
I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions
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To enforce all of it, the coalition is advocating for an independent oversight structure to hold contractors accountable.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Johnson has cited Burnett’s tenure presiding over rapid development in his Near West Side ward as well as his lived experience growing up in the Cabrini-Green housing complex when advocating him for the role.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Birchmore’s cousins, Angelique Pirozzi and Justina Danick, are endorsing Adam Deitch in the race, which has grown to include a handful of candidates seeking to succeed Morrissey, who is not running for reelection.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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Instead, in front of a crowd of constituents, they are asked to answer to direct questions about endorsing PACT plans.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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All of the proceeds raised from the event went to supporting Altman's family.—
Victor Jacobo,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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By his third hosting gig in 2014, he was joined onstage during his monologue by Leonardo DiCaprio, his co-star in the searing satire The Wolf of Wall Street, a Martin Scorsese picture that netted Hill his second Oscar nomination for best supporting actor after Moneyball just three years earlier.—
Josh Spiegel,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2026
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The state is an outlier nationwide because of its stubborn resistance to adopting cleaner, cheaper sources of energy.—
Margie Mason,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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Vivian, who came out as transgender in 2020, legally dropped her father's surname 18 years later, adopting Wilson as her last name.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Plunking (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunking%20%28for%29. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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