plunk
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You could fly into a major metropolitan area like Miami to scout places and easily plunk down your entire $2 million nest egg in one day.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Plenty of you who regularly plunk down thousands for a business-class seat care about just one thing, of course: horizontal sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
The persistent plunk, plunk, plunk of icicles dripping into an aluminum gutter — a sound that is less birdsong than plumbing.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
Esther’s U.S.-born girl, who first struggled to plunk out “Mary Had a Little Lamb” on piano, now sends her fingers flying over the keyboard, delivering American pop classics and tunes from her parent’s native Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2025
There was a final plunk from the piano, and silence.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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