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dive

[dahyv] / daɪv /




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Earnings from Facebook-parent Meta and chip equipment maker Lam Research this week have beaten forecasts but seen their shares dive.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The search was carried out by Police Scotland's marine and dive unit and partners.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Your daily dive into MarketWatch, featuring story spotlights, market movers and more you Need To Know to start your day.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

In the past, he said his drones could maneuver to evade Russian air defenses, for instance, by going into a steep dive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“Will all Library Olympians kindly join me at the swimming pool? It’s time to dive into another game!”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Our tax columnist, Laura Saunders, dives into those perks and how you can take advantage of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Researchers collected the newly described species between September 2023 and August 2024 during dives reaching depths of up to 18 meters.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Over two days in July, his team did eight one-hour dives, exploring the undersides of rocky reefs to count the eggs.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Some perform feats of strength, flips, aerial dance moves, head-first dives.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

As the baby hits the water, Madre Seal leaps and dives.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Workers used nets fixed to floating pontoons late Wednesday to guide the animal gradually, but it dived beneath a net and returned to the canal overnight, authorities said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

And in Tokyo the Nikkei 225 shed more than five percent as Kioxia also dived more than 11 percent and Advantest plunged 14.5 percent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Four ocean rescue swimmers jumped into the ocean and dived down to the submerged vehicle, where they were able to successfully extract the victim, who was later identified by her family as Alli Renee Singh.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

One writer sailing the Persian Gulf in 1939 described how 32 men each dived 100 times beneath the sea, filling seven sacks with oysters, only to find a “teaspoonful” of low-grade pearls in their haul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Strange things were happening to them, especially when I dived.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

To open the fifth, he induced Salas to hit the ball on the ground, but it got away from second baseman Tommy Edman as he dove up the middle, for a single.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

I heard a lot of stories like this as I dove into the world of medbeds.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

The turtle dove is currently on the Birds of Conservation Concern's red list - placing it at high list of extinction in the UK.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Naturally, the crowd roared as she dove bob-first into “Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Right, a dove and a lily of the valley.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Bit by bit, Disney is continuing to shape itself into something more like its former nemesis, Netflix, including by diving more into the vertical-video and A.I. future while licensing visual podcasts as TV shows.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Today the islands are home to fewer than 50,000 people and are best known for beaches, diving and some World War II battlefields.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

Betts made a diving stop at short but had no chance at throwing out Dubón.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Michigan would be 3-4 and diving into a murk-off with Rutgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

When she broke the surface of the water, men in diving suits were there.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson


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