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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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But Dorit Reiss, a vaccine law expert at UC Law San Francisco, said the political risk of advocating for vaccines may not be as strong among Republicans as some people assume.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026 -
Others, like Polk, have been advocating for the law to be overturned.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Who is endorsing the candidates?—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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In 1947, the United Nations adopted Resolution 181, known as the Partition Plan, endorsing the establishment of two states, one Jewish and one Arab, in the land then under British mandate.—
Elad Strohmayer,
Chicago Tribune,
21 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 25 Apr. 2026.
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