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plunge

[pluhnj] / plʌndʒ /


NOUN
enthusiastic attempt
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The good news, according to Forbes, is that a plunge in stocks driven, for example, by disappointment in AI would effectively write down the IOUs the U.S. issued to foreigners to finance its deficits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Tech stocks went on another roller-coaster ride Tuesday, their second plunge in three sessions, and futures point to more queasiness when trading begins today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

A plunge in tech firms in New York on Friday was followed by a similar collapse for their Asian counterparts on Monday, sending Seoul's Kospi down more than eight percent.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

That makes TOI-199b far milder than hot Jupiters, while also being dramatically warmer than the frozen gas giants in our own solar system, where temperatures can plunge hundreds of degrees below zero.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Then we jumped, taking the plunge into waist-deep powdery white.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea




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