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plunge

[pluhnj] / plʌndʒ /


NOUN
enthusiastic attempt
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Fear of Covid triggered border closures that caused a plunge in trade with China, North Korea’s main benefactor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“Still, after a plunge in April, this remains a worrisome reading. For context, the lowest reading during the previous energy shock was 93.7,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Hezbollah in a statement Sunday of trying to plunge Lebanon "back into chaos."

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

That makes TOI-199b far milder than hot Jupiters, while also being dramatically warmer than the frozen gas giants in our own solar system, where temperatures can plunge hundreds of degrees below zero.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

At other times it would plunge beneath, stirring up the mantle and resulting in long spells of volcanic activity and earthquakes.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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