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The phrase "a plank from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a piece of wood that has been cut or taken from a larger structure, often in contexts related to construction or carpentry.
Example: "He used a plank from the old barn to build a new shelf in his workshop."
Alternatives: "a board taken from" or "a piece of wood from".
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At a police appreciation ceremony at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Mr. Safirreceived received a plaque fashioned out of a plank from the ship's old wooden flight deck.
The company he worked for, E. J. Godwin, sent part of a plank from the track to John Coles, an assistant lecturer in archaeology at Cambridge University, who had carried out some excavations on nearby trackways.
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Chartered in 1855, the Jordan and Skaneateles Plank Road Company was set to provide a plank road from Jordan southward to Skaneateles.
The first roadway, a plank road, from Crescent City was established in May 1858, and before the US 199 designation was applied to the highway, the roadway was designated Highway 25 and Route 1. US 199 begins at a partial interchange with US 101 northeast of Crescent City; Elk Valley Cross Road (County Route D2) connects the two routes just to the north for full access.
To sleep on your back, roll in a plank motion from your side to your back.
One of Jimi Hendrix's guitars makes up the tiller while a leftover plank from the London 2012 velodrome was also utilised.
Your body should form a flat "plank" from your toes to your shoulders.
A plank is missing from the fence that separates him from the angry Greek couple next door.
"We stripped off to our underwear and the fisherman gave us a plank of wood from the bottom of the boat," Branson recalled.
While I was putting it together with my weak female hands, the landlord barged in, grabbed a plank of wood from me, and said "a woman shouldn't be doing this kind of work".
A beautifully shot yet brutal montage, this one sees Uma Thurman storm up steps carrying heavy buckets, brush up on her shadow puppetry skills and punch through a plank of wood from a distance of one inch, a niche skill that comes in handy when she's – spoiler alert – buried alive later in the film.
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