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plunge

[pluhnj] / plʌndʒ /


NOUN
enthusiastic attempt
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A plunge in related listings on jobs site Indeed suggests the falloff continues.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Hezbollah in a statement Sunday of trying to plunge Lebanon "back into chaos."

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

Sales dropped 4.8% in the three months ended March 31 from the year-ago period, compared with a more than 21% plunge two years earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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

I plunge my hands into the strands, pushing the color through it.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




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