How to Use plunge into in a Sentence
plunge into
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But then the country was plunged into a state of emergency as conflict broke out.
—Meghan Pryce, CNN, 3 July 2024
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To plunge into summertime, here’s a collection of some of our other guides vital to dining in the season.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
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His cannonball plunge into the recruiting waters has paid big dividends with the Class of 2025, and beyond.
—Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024
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Hidalgo plunged into the long-polluted waterway on July 17 to show the world that the Seine is safe ahead of the Olympics, which kick off later this month.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024
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The video ends with the two riffing about Brown's plunge into the wild world of TikTok.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
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At the start of each race, Brussel plunges into the pool from a diving block.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
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The 25th is for pulling out all the stops and plunging into your Scorpio passion.
—Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
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The cuts will rend apart the truss section and send the pieces plunging into the river, unpinning the Dali.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
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Relax at the spa, plunge into the indoor pool, and dine at the on-site fusion restaurant.
—Jennifer Prince, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
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And at night, streets are plunged into darkness for lack of lighting.
—Oleksandra Mykolyshyn, New York Times, 5 June 2024
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The mammal is perched on the dinosaur, its paws gripping the reptile’s jaw and a hind limb while its teeth plunge into the ribcage.
—Maddie Burakoff, Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2023
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Medvedev ran across a frozen lake, his feet plunging into the frigid water in places where the ice was brittle.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
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And when night fell, they were plunged into the inky darkness of rural Georgia.
—Randi Kaye, CNN, 17 Sep. 2023
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Still, millions of dollars are being plunged into the race by all sides.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
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Core tomatoes and plunge into boiling water for a slow count of 10.
—Dana Bowen / Photography By Landon Speers For The Wall Street Journal , WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
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In Arkansas, two people were killed when a tree plunged into a house.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
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Remove and plunge into a bowl of ice water until cooled.
—Lauren Joseph, New York Times, 28 July 2023
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The knife can slip off the pit, or the avocado itself, plunging into your palm.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 4 Mar. 2024
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Here, the scientists strapped on dive gear and plunged into waters that were more than 20 feet deep, but a clear, electric blue.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
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There are also vests available that can be plunged into water and wrapped around the pet’s shoulders.
—Sharon Kennedy Wynne, Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2024
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The jet had plunged into the Java Sea just 13 minutes after takeoff.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
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Instead of plunging into the sea, the booster explodes.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
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Last year 34 people died in central Kenya when their bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a river valley.
—Reuters, CNN, 1 July 2023
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Nearly three years ago, all of us were plunged into one of the darkest health emergencies the world had faced in a century.
—Jayasree K. Iyer, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
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With over 40 hours of burn time, the scent elicits the comforting memory of plunging into the bubbles of a hot spring bath.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 12 Dec. 2023
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When the long, lazy days of summer beckon, head to your local library for a pile of stories to plunge into with your little ones.
—Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2023
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On one white-sand beach, the waves of the Persian Gulf lapped at the shore as grinning clients braced themselves before plunging into tubs of ice water.
—Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
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He is subsequently caught up by his past and plunged into a state affair.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
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And the Shamrocks converted, with Kendall Garnett plunging into the end zone.
—Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Aug. 2023
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Either way, Scorsese has served up a movie that also plunges into a dark history and comes away with less bang for its bucks.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
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