dropped

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Charges against Sharp and Walsh were dropped in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Tickets for some matches in Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., dropped from $900 to $140.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

When the team targeted the shared regulatory control points driving that state, drug resistance dropped significantly, suggesting a promising strategy for combination therapies.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

While figures from May suggest China's coal generation may have dropped again, "the problem of excess coal capacity and entrenched favouritism of coal in the grid remain", he told AFP.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Half-filling Renn’s cooking skin with water, he hung it by the fire; then, using a split branch, he dropped in red-hot stones to heat it up, and added the plucked and jointed willow grouse.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver