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or plonks (for)
as in endorses
to promote the interests or cause of
I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions
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The Caucus faces another hurdle as Etherton acknowledged the organization needs to raise another $15,000 to implement alternative voting quickly after the October annual meeting if the membership endorses the proposal.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
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Advertisement But, like in Hungary, the plan wouldn’t be able to come to fruition without a complicit Congress, and a Supreme Court that endorses excesses without explanation.—
Stacey Abrams,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
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Instead, the digital liberty advocates backing the lawsuit against SMUD and Sacramento police say that the agencies are trying to generate leads based on personal details of people’s lives that, in themselves, rely on faulty assumptions.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The companies, as well as the organization that advocates for the industry, blamed some of the fees charged to private owners on costly state regulations enacted a decade ago.—
Jacob Orledge,
ProPublica,
4 Aug. 2025
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In addition to the men’s side, Matt Hargreaves, the club’s director of football negotiations, also significantly supports recruitment in the women’s team.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Future Hybrid System features a pre-chamber ignition and supports gasoline, E85 ethanol, M100 methanol, and synthetic fuels, with market introduction targeted for 2027.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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When a child adopts troubling behaviors, values, or attitudes, the typical instinct for caregivers is to intervene.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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In Hulu’s new sports comedy, Glen Powell will portray a one-time hotshot college quarterback who adopts a new identity, Chad Powers.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Plunks (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunks%20%28for%29. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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