plunged

Example Sentences

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Tom Lawday, on the way out of Harlequins after seven years, plunged over for the match-winning try against Northampton.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Abivax’s bowel-disease drug hit its goals in a late-stage trial, but shares of the French biotech company plunged amid investor concerns about the drug’s safety profile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

It’s that rarest of investigative-journalism properties: a consistently profitable enterprise that commands the levels of advertising expenditures that have otherwise plunged across traditional TV and informational media writ large.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud plunged Somalia into a fresh political crisis in mid-May after announcing a one-year extension of his term, which had been due to expire on May 15.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

“You should get yourself some more petticoats, Aunt Kitty,” I advised her cheerfully as I plunged another one into my bag.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan