dropped

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Sales dropped 4.8% in the three months ended March 31 from the year-ago period, compared with a more than 21% plunge two years earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"Somebody handed it to me on stage and I really nearly dropped it on Steven Spielberg's foot. Can you imagine?"

From BBC • May 22, 2026

From a peak of more than 150 lots on the market last summer, the number dropped to about 40 active listings on average, said Corey Vorzimer, the director of land in Fuller’s real estate office.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Senate leaders had already concluded that the ballroom funding would have to be dropped from the text because of insufficient support and procedural obstacles.

From Barron's • May 21, 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