plummet
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Like something from King Arthur, a 200-year-old sword was found sticking out from a castle's lake after hot weather caused water levels to plummet.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Those worries have caused Netflix’s stock price to plummet 41% in the last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Most comedies plummet halfway through their second act, when the jokes get stale, and studios demand some kind of emotional stakes.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Chile's Jose Antonio Kast has seen his popularity plummet in his first 100 days in office.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
She just had to trust he wouldn’t let her plummet to her death.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
If we look at matches against modern-day heavyweights Australia and India, Root plummets down the list even further - down in 10th, with twice as many losses as wins.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Trade Desk plummets on weaker-than-expected first-quarter earnings and weak revenue guidance.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
She doesn’t need the imprimatur of an established brand to maintain an audience; as trust in institutions plummets, such affiliations can even be a turnoff.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
The USD index is up 0.9%, while gold falls 3.1% and silver plummets 7.6%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
I'll never know because just as he's opening his mouth to continue, Haymitch plummets off the stage and knocks himself unconscious.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
According to an annual government report, the number of wiretaps obtained by DHS — often to investigate drug trafficking — plummeted to 23 in 2025, from 133 the previous year.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
This past week, the rocket company’s shares plummeted almost 14% in one day, before soaring more than 20% from where they began by Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Public support for a total ban on handguns in the home had plummeted.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Don’t miss: ‘They cut off online access’: My mother’s bank balance plummeted after her death.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Once I passed through the double doors, the temperature plummeted.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Scottish Conservative MP Andrew Bowie said "plummeting teacher numbers and spiralling levels of school violence" had made it a difficult year for pupils.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
And later: why Bitcoin’s plummeting price is costing Eric Trump hundreds of million of dollars.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
In the Need to Know newsletter, Barbara Kollmeyer explained how one veteran trader was buying energy stocks even as oil prices were plummeting.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
Iran fell behind twice, but the team rallied to avoid plummeting to the bottom of its group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
He pulled himself upward, pushed again—he was higher now than Lina had been—but suddenly his hands slid and he came plummeting down.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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