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plank

[plangk] / plæŋk /
NOUN
board
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In one, the “reset” between exercises was an ab plank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

Rahela Begum survived the horrors of war in Myanmar and life in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh -- only to end up drifting at sea, clinging to a wooden plank.

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

The bottom of the plank gives way and drops off, leaving a small coyote-sized hole in the wooden wall.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

"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 added.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

But it goes even further with deluxe editions that have custom illustrations or come packaged in rare or unexpected materials—including wooden planks from a ship John Steinbeck once sailed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

“Mr. Woodwell says I got to pry off these two planks, Rose. I hope you don’t mind.”

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

"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

I’ve never planked or lunged, to my knowledge.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2018

He brought us to a neighboring building and led us through a long, sepia-hued chamber with deep empty wood vessels on either side of a narrow planked floor.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2018

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

Bee was built using age-old clinker planking techniques for a co-operative of crofters from Stroma which sits between Orkney and the mainland.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025

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

“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

He dashed across the grass and jumped on the planking beside Hazel.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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