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[dip] / dɪp /








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Their messaging has remained understandably positive and confident in their product despite this dip in crowds.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The obvious suspect is an undiagnosed injury, even if Skenes said at the All-Star break that he wasn’t hurt and that the dip in velocity didn’t bother him.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

A meet-up with Meyers’ “artistic community,” a circle of so-called intellectuals known as the Enthusiasm Society, leads Ed to humbly dip a toe back into his vanished creative side.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Don’t miss: ‘My wife and I are both retired’: Do we dip into our $2.3 million fund to pay off our $300,000 mortgage at 2.9%?

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

“But charge for the dip bait,” Colton added.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

“This is reflected in the ever-shorter and ever-shallower dips in key indexes, and by the relatively violent reactions when good news justifies an upward revaluation,” he adds.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

Where the researchers expected to see a smooth spectrum produced by light reflecting from dust, they instead found a pattern of peaks and dips.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

"Gamers are willing to trade a little fidelity for convenience, but not to pay premium prices for something they don't own which stutters when the Wi-Fi dips," he said.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

A folding-phone concern for years has been the “crease”—where the inside display dips between the two halves.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

One of the birds dips in and pops up again with a fish in its bill.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

Nobody wants to order mozzarella sticks anymore, they want the adventure of finding the best secret combo of mozzarella sticks dipped into various sauces in the cornucopia of a Chili’s Triple Dipper.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

The probability of a September hike dipped below 50% after the release of Wednesday’s report, according to CME Group.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Yields on 10-year and 30-year Treasury bonds briefly dipped after Friday’s July payrolls report showed a surprise decline in the number of jobs, but the move was quickly reversed — something Rosenberg flagged as concerning.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Despite fewer jobs being created, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the unemployment rate actually dipped to 4.1% from 4.2%, as the number of people in work or looking for work declined slightly.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

If you weren’t careful, the plane’s nose dipped as you landed it, and then the whole plane would flip over onto its back.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see .

From Time Magazine Archive

Disregarding the roses and raptures of vice, she paints, with a small brush dipt in gilt, the lilies and languors of virtue.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only the Wasps, Hornets and Humble-Bee, must be dryed in an Oven, their heads dipt in Sheeps blood, and dryed again, may be kept in a Box for use.

From The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing by Robert Howlett

Why, you see, last year I was dipt a little to the fishmonger, and wrote a matrimonial letter home hinting at trousseaus and other expenses, but mentioning no names.

From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Herbert Willis

The Tench, is a great lover of large Red Worms, first dipt in Tar.

From The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing by Robert Howlett

Now after several months away, Le is dipping his toes back into crypto.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Díaz’s velocity was down to begin the year, dipping to about 95.5 mph in his last two outings before landing on the injured list.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

It meant when a point was harshly deducted for dipping his head low, the Englishman was trailing overall.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Wall Street opened broadly stable, with the Nasdaq Composite dipping 0.1 percent as tech stocks continued to struggle.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Thus confused, my mind turned this way and that, like a paper kite dipping to every current of air, unsure of its own meanings.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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