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plunge

[pluhnj] / plʌndʒ /


NOUN
enthusiastic attempt
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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

So must Vivien and Alice in this page-turning plunge into geopolitical intrigue and cutting-edge technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Argentine President Javier Milei has watched his poll numbers plunge as he carries out a painful economic overhaul.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

He made coffee, grits, bacon, and fried the turtle eggs as he and the white boy watched the turtle cover her eggs, camouflage her tracks, and plunge back into the sea.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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