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
Across the country, visual artists are plunging visitors into museum spaces where you can hardly make out the wall labels in front of you, and not just for film and video.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
Ah! if there were no future life, how nicely you would be sold, for this is martyrdom into which you are plunging of your own accord.
From Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac
