plunger

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Simmons compares the effect to pulling back the plunger on a sealed syringe filled with water.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

You can’t just burn you house down and walk away, so you grab a plunger.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2025

After breaking the Dalek, the Doctor hands a plunger from his Tardis which marks the "origins of the iconic Dalek arm", the Doctor Who official Twitter page said.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2023

There was a joke about a toilet plunger microphone that went by too fast.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

The idea was you put one hose into the in-board water, ran the other hose over the side, and worked the plunger handle until the water was gone.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen