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Recent Examples of planks
Razzouk claims to have some of the 500-year-old wood planks his family used for tattooing.
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Gustavo Morello, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2024
Gustavo Morello, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for planks
plops
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After Hancock waits an hour or so for the drone to descend, the moment arrives and the drone plops Hancock’s syrup directly onto the concrete, which isn’t a good sign.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
16 Apr. 2026
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The series’ opening scene plops audiences in the middle of the Dardanos’ dysfunction, as Linda, presiding over her own mother’s hospital room, screeches that her children should bear witness to their terminally ill nonna’s final days—even to her urinary incontinence.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Planks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planks. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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