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    They lost their footing, and both Holmes and Moriarty plunged into the abyss
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    I plunged my hand in the icy water to retrieve the keys. She plunged herself into her work to try to forget him
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    After the scandal his career took a plunge from which it never recovered. Every winter they take a plunge into the icy waters of the Serpentine
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Are you taking the plunge with an investment in South America?