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The drop in oil prices provided support to most Asian markets, with Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore, Wellington and Manila all up.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

For most people, a 10% to 20% drop is natural.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

As we talked, Claire made sure to drop the name of the college student earning $15 per game to operate the message board on game nights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Antonelli's team-mate George Russell was sixth fastest but will drop to the back of the grid with a penalty for using too many engine parts.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

“It’s not too late to turn around and drop you off at home, or at a friend’s house, so you’re not a . . . a distraction for Jonah and Chip.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Some 40% of new PIP claimants are working, a number that drops to 25% after two years, according to the government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

He creates, and occasionally drops, chances such as these - chances others would not have created.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Five-year survival drops to 65% for stage three bowel cancer and 10% for stage four disease.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Theranos falsely touted technology capable of performing medical tests using only a few drops of blood.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Perfect, perfect. So I’ll scuttle off and start looking now, and I’ll be back after the sun drops away with what news I find.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

By the third inning, Misiorowski’s fastball velocity, which touched 104 mph, had dropped to double digits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

"Verity," Amazon MGM's psychological thriller based on a novel by Colleen Hoover, dropped from first to second place at $11.5 million, according to Exhibitor Relations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

The puzzling thing about Saturday’s meltdown wasn’t simply that the No. 1 team in the nation lost to a .500 team that had dropped out of the Top 25 rankings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Diesel production in Russia dropped by an estimated 30%, according to the International Energy Agency.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Jason dropped his phone and scanned the kitchen for a hidden camera.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Humphrey Dolittle of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, who “ſuddenly dropt down in the Street, and inſtantly expired” on Jan. 7, 1763.

From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020

“I was inclined by my genius from childhood to the love of antiquities,” he writes, “and my Fate dropt me in a countrey most suitable for such enquiries.”

From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2017

So with that intent, one dropt on our starboard side called the la Fue and the other dropt on our larboard side called the Doubtable, they kept a very hot fire for some time.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2010

And then a spasm constricted her mouth for an instant: as it passed away she turned and left the room, and so did I. Neither of us had dropt a tear.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Emma was more than half in hopes of Mr. Elton’s having dropt a hint.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

Another was accepting Bryan’s Duxbury home in exchange for dropping allegations about their relationship.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Aston Villa and Tottenham effectively swapped places at either end of the table, with Villa rising up from the bottom three to finish in the top four and Spurs dropping to 17th.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The group found that the number of such candidates fell by about 30% between 2022 and 2026, dropping from 285 to 197.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

He had just returned home to Reno after dropping out of community college and was working odd jobs sweeping popcorn at a movie theater and stocking shelves at a local 7-Eleven.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

He stopped laughing, and with a few grunts, he started dropping down from the tree.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls