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Sunday's ridiculous eight-goal thriller with Villa - a game in which the hosts twice fought back from two goals down - left United in the drop zone in 18th place.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Also noteworthy from the company’s third-quarter results were big revenue and earnings gains for the company’s railroad unit, BNSF, and a drop in profits for its huge insurance group.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
When the Iqaluit shoot finally began this March, Lambe and the creators recall, the temperature was also 20 C colder than in Season 1 — a jarring drop even by Arctic standards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The San Francisco-based content creator was staring at a 4% drop in the Nasdaq that had erased a six-figure sum from his retirement portfolio practically overnight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
With a great lurch I felt the sled fly out into empty space and drop beneath me.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Read: Micron, Sandisk and other AI stocks see steep drops: ‘Investors don’t like uncertainty’
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026
I’d say a bigger problem for Peter is that he drops $300 on some vinyl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Under Monday's changes, this figure drops to 517,000.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
That was before double-digit drops in technology stocks including Intel and Alphabet last week after a string of disappointing earnings results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
“Wait,” I say, but he shakes his head, drops his hands.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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He attended Manhattan’s acclaimed Stuyvesant High School, but dropped out to pursue music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Crichton did get his try in the second half after Walsh dropped a bomb, and Izack Tago scored in the corner with 18 minutes left.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
If Arsenal had dropped points, it wouldn't have been the first time this weekend that a match would have been dominated by discussions about the video officials.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
“That policy cost dropped to $140,000 this year, but we are still paying for the fires in other markets,” Tiedt says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
It caught her scent and dropped to all fours.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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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
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Emma was more than half in hopes of Mr. Elton’s having dropt a hint.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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Angel City also underwent a number of coaching changes this summer, dropping manager Alexander Straus for Leif Gunnar Smerud in June, then replacing goalkeeper coach Kevin Moreno with Louis Hunt in July.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Republicans hold 53 Senate seats, dropping to 52 on Dec. 15, when Ohio Sen. Jon Husted’s appointment expires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Greenpeace said that, external after dropping the two-tonne boulders, it had called "the authorities to tell them the coordinates of each placement, and they update maps to inform other vessels".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
In May, it was discounted to $9.8 million before dropping down to $8.95 million in September.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
“What is with you today?” he said, dropping on the bench next to Coal with a fistful of burger—probably his second.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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