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Recent Examples of plunk down
Like most jewelers, including LVMH’s Tiffany, Signet was slow to embrace online sales, believing that many consumers wanted to see an item in person before plunking down a lot of money.
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Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
Since its listing, Jordan has spent over $1.8 million on the home’s property taxes, according to records with the Lake County (Ill.) Assessor’s Office, and most recently plunked down another $68K to cover the second half payment for 2023.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
For these shows, Deadheads descended on Sin City and plunked down top dollar to see the technological marvel.
—Alex Scordelis, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2024
More and more wealthy passengers are plunking down huge sums for rides aboard private rockets to experience a few minutes of weightlessness.
—Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2024
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Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
Since its listing, Jordan has spent over $1.8 million on the home’s property taxes, according to records with the Lake County (Ill.) Assessor’s Office, and most recently plunked down another $68K to cover the second half payment for 2023.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
For these shows, Deadheads descended on Sin City and plunked down top dollar to see the technological marvel.
—Alex Scordelis, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2024
More and more wealthy passengers are plunking down huge sums for rides aboard private rockets to experience a few minutes of weightlessness.
—Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunk down
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Last weekend, a Nevada probate judge struck down Murdoch’s attempt to amend his family succession plan.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Last week a Delaware judge struck down his 2018 pay package at Tesla valued at more than $100 billion for a second time.Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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The fires were knocked down by 4:35 p.m., the fire department said in a follow-up post.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
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There were massive amounts of equipment and manpower used to both knock down the dams, there were judicious explosions.Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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Police said items were found knocked over and broken, and there was evidence of drug use.Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
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But putting that same robot in a grocery store would probably knock over some shelves and get stuck in the parking lot.Julius Hietala, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Of course, plop that island somewhere near the Equator and a warm, tingly feeling is almost guaranteed to follow from the radiant sun and swaying palms.Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 6 Dec. 2024
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Duccio, on the other hand, pulls Jesus down to earth, plopping him onto the top of a hill that might be found somewhere in Italy.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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Huffman fired the starting gun last month on a series of challenges to septuagenarian committee leaders by launching an insurgent bid to topple incumbent ranking member Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.).Andrew Solender, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
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Photos of the week In pictures: Syrian rebels topple Assad regime 1 of 52 Check out more images, curated by CNN Photos.Andrew Torgan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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