Example Sentences

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A Coachella Valley district is plugging away at developing its own program, which could get off the ground next spring.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

A extra challenge for electric glass furnaces is plugging them in.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2024

Frisch said he’s “taking a bit of a victory lap” after Boebert’s retreat, and is plugging ahead with the same bipartisan platform, buoyed by at least $7.7 million in his campaign coffers.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2024

"Cancer is plugging into that and using that to grow, invade and even occur in the first place."

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023

Ty is plugging his iPod into the dock to get ready to wake the hall up.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon