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plank

[plangk] / plæŋk /
NOUN
board
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Those flights represent a key plank of FlyDubai’s reach and appeal—the airline will go places Western carriers can’t or won’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Last week, Cracker Barrel said it would divest itself from its Maple Street Biscuit Co. business, a plank of Biglari’s activist campaign with the company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The man eventually used a wooden plank to guide the bear out of the truck, allowing both to walk away unharmed.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

A ban on advertising, including by influencers, is a central plank of the bill, though questions remain over how it could be enforced.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

“All right. Walk the plank it is. But where do we go from there?”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

"Parents came from all over looking for their children. That's when I saw a huge fire engulfing our school built of wooden planks," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

In 2007, Princeton released a “Wedges” game online, which Pacala built a prototype for from planks of wood in his garage.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

We performed classic moves: squats, crunches, high and low planks and bird dogs, among them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

The slate gray of stormy seas, deep-ocean navy and the rich brown of old ship planks are popular.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

During the last week, workers delivered many long, thick wooden planks.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

"Bee" is one of the very few remaining Stroma yoles – a small open-decked boat with a planked hull - that once served the now abandoned island off the northern mainland.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025

I planked on the lake shore and did box jumps onto the deck steps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2022

The parents always made sure that there was enough firewood to fuel the stove during the winter months, that the planked floors maintained a glossy shine.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2021

There are also dozens of variants — pickets, corrugated panels, berms, X-shaped steel barriers, even planked walls placed along Gulf Coast beaches.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2019

The floor is planked with rough boards, and in places I can see clear through to the ground below.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

This means the site, which includes planking, frames, fixtures and fittings, can be dived on but should remain untouched.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2024

The researchers dug three shallow trenches at the site and unearthed wood fragments and iron planking rivets that were thought to have once been part of a ship.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2024

What they brought was a piece of brick that was likely part of the ship’s steam boiler, and planking from its hull.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2022

“Swift decisive action at that point was the difference between planking the curve and a runaway epidemic,” Hayhoe said.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2020

Without waiting for a response, he jogged down the planking and waded into the black water.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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