plunge
verb (used with object)
to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge.
are plunging
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present progressiveof plunge.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Some tech shares are plunging - what does that mean for the AI revolution?
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
But so-called crypto-treasury companies, which sell shares to buy cryptocurrencies, are plunging, crushing what once was the hottest trade of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
Already, shipments to the U.S. from China are plunging.
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
Restaurateurs and chefs are plunging their revenues back into new restaurants.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Lo, the waters are up in the North, The torrents are plunging, O'erwhelming the land and her fulness, The city and her dwellers.
From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Sir George Adam Smith
