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plunge

[pluhnj] / plʌndʒ /


NOUN
enthusiastic attempt
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Fear of Covid triggered border closures that caused a plunge in trade with China, North Korea’s main benefactor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, took 16 months after its 2012 IPO to recover from an early plunge in its share price.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 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

In other corporate news, French video game giant Ubisoft saw its shares plunge around 11 percent after it reported disappointing annual results and forecast further pain in the coming year.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Sometimes the polis plunge in and arrest the job-hunters they can catch, to send them home.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads




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