plunging back
Example Sentences
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Ballistic missiles travel into the upper atmosphere or space before plunging back down toward a target, but not all are capable of maneuvering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The companion star travels far from the system before plunging back through the dust-filled inner region.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025
I hope only that what I have chosen to make does not offend and send us plunging back into triple-digit, record-breaking temperatures.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2023
You can’t blame Flanagan for fetishizing the visual iconography of Kubrick’s movie, for plunging back into his funhouse of horrors like the proverbial kid in a candy store.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2019
"And there's that dreadful, hateful Mrs. Cabot," she cried, plunging back, her pale eyes afire.
From Five Little Peppers Grown Up by Sidney, Margaret
