plunk
Example Sentences
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By dialing down the sweetener in the original formula, the 70-year-old theorized, fellow chai addicts must now plunk down more for pumps of vanilla syrup or other add-ins to remake their drink.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Their fee would be based on your investible assets, so if you take all of that $1 million and plunk it down on a house, their fee goes way down.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
But this idea that if you plunk that genius in any moment in time, it would rise to the top, that’s not necessarily true.
From Salon ● May 25, 2024
The coach also met with donors who could plunk a few gold bars into the NIL war chest and unleashed a “MOW!!!” tweet around midnight earlier this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
Then there was a plunk as something landed on the ground at our feet.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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