plunge

Example Sentences

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Investment in new capacity plunged by 86% last year, the European chemical industry’s trade body said this week.

From The Wall Street Journal

Values started increasing again when the number of homes for sale plunged as sellers backed away, unwilling to give up mortgages they took out earlier in the pandemic with rates of 3% or lower.

From Los Angeles Times

Since then, the value of the dollar has plunged.

From The Wall Street Journal

Frigid air blows in from the north, blast-freezing the city's lakes and rivers and only the hardiest souls would dare to plunge into the icy water.

From BBC

Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.

From Los Angeles Times