plunks down

present tense third-person singular of plunk down

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Verb
  • Willinger said there’s a relatively strong chance the Supreme Court will get involved, which the justices tend to do when a lower court strikes down or restricts the application of a federal criminal law – especially if the government asks them to intervene.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That takes me right out of the alternative world of Alien and plops me down into our own.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Plunks down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunks%20down. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.

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