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plunge

[pluhnj] / plʌndʒ /


NOUN
enthusiastic attempt
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AI token prices have been dropping but are set to plunge faster than most anticipate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Just 56 seconds after taking off from RAF Coningsby, witnesses saw the plane turn and plunge to the ground.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Though low temperatures will plunge them into dormancy, they produce a type of antifreeze that lets them survive harsh winters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

These renovations included the addition of a new structure on the grounds that contains a gym and a “recovery center” with a sauna, a cold plunge, a steam room, and a massage table.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

They plunge back into the sea, creating an enormous wave that hits the ship broadside, and tips us within inches of capsizing.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Whenever he has the chance, Haaland also chops wood and plunges his enormous body into icy water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

As Herzog moves the sisters between reality and film’s dreamy latter half, he plunges into the fizzy static that comprises their cosmic connection, examining their solitude as only he can.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

But the formula, which includes coffee and cold plunges in what resemble very high-end kiddie pools, has worked elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Millions of Europeans will contemplate the sky in awe on Wednesday as a rare total solar eclipse crosses part of the continent and plunges a swathe of Spain into eerie daytime darkness.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

The difficulty was not the steep ascent round the shoulders of rock, but the occasional plunges through the undergrowth to get to the next path.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Compared with its July 2025 record, the stock has plunged by 70%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The coronavirus crisis plunged global life expectancy down to 71.5 years in 2021.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Arrivals have fluctuated over the decades, but plunged sharply during the Covid pandemic when many nations shut their borders.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

While ultimately they stayed in the Championship, it plunged them back into a relegation fight when they thought they were safe.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

He plunged into the water and swam toward the Shadow Dancer, but it spun in the wind and sailed away at a vicious speed, cutting head-on through the waves.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

The giant property stocks, real-estate investment trusts that own hundreds of thousands of apartments and single-family homes across the country, have been plunging for months.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

It can’t be plunging to the ocean floor of the Big Ten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Pilots have compared landing on the short runway, with either side plunging straight down off the side of a vertical cliff, to landing on an aircraft carrier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The roughly 34,500 defectors to reach the South since 1998 are a fraction of North Korea's 26.6 million people, UN figures show, but the plunging number of escapes has consequences.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Shirls Avenue, my grandparents’ street, apparently turned into a dirt road just before plunging down a steep hill to their house and farm.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz




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