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plank

[plangk] / plæŋk /
NOUN
board
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In addition to the barre work, we did a plank series, light push-ups and arm work, as well as glutes and core work on the mat.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

"I managed to find a wooden plank, which I clung to for two days and one night," Begum said, noting she eventually caught the attention of a passing rescue ship.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 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 consortium has agreed to buy Patrick Drahi’s French telecommunications operations for more than $23 billion, in a deal that dismantles a major plank of the billionaire’s once-sprawling business empire.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

Marshaling her strength, she bends her front knees; her hooves grip and her legs boost off the plank.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Hewing is the ancient art of cutting logs into beams or planks for timber frames.

From BBC Jul. 11, 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

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

In the beginning, Peck says it was easy to find trees and hire a mobile sawmill to cut them into planks.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

She crawled under the planks, covering her nose with her hand.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

"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

We followed the 10-mile auto tour around Lower Klamath Lake and walked down planked paths to photo blinds, watching from a distance as egrets, pelicans and countless small birds nosed around the lake’s perimeter.

From Washington Post Oct. 8, 2015

And most importantly, will we still be amusingly able to closely approximate it by tossing a gazillion nails on a wood planked floor?

From Slate Mar. 13, 2015

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

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

“It’s a meme,” he explains, like planking or owling.

From New York Times Jun. 20, 2022

Suffice to say, you won't catch Charles Barkley planking anytime soon, but it's clear his true vendetta lies with vegetables, the insidious little tubulars that infiltrate our bodies minds with without us even knowing it.

From Golf Digest Feb. 3, 2020

Harry looked down at the boards planking the porch, then raised his eyes and gazed off into the dark, wet woods over Joe’s shoulder.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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