plunk
Example Sentences
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John Reed, a 55-year-old IT worker in suburban Atlanta, was ready to plunk down $60,000 on a new Ram truck last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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
It was narrow, damp, and silent, except for the occasional plunk . . . plunk . . . plunk of water dripping.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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