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There’s a relatively off-the-radar commodity that can provide hints on where the economy is headed — and it’s seen its value drop more than 50% from a record high earlier this year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

In South Holland, of which Spalding is a part, the rate is almost double that, at 53%, a drop from 75 to 35.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Gold futures snapped a three-session losing streak with support from a drop in U.S. yields and a weaker dollar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"SolarStratos takes another step towards its ultimate goal: reaching the stratosphere aboard a crewed electric and solar-powered aircraft, without using a single drop of fossil fuel."

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“He’ll drop me at your place later. That way I can do both.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The most actively traded January iron ore contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange drops 0.5% to 671.00 yuan a ton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Saracens' Bryony Field, who has three caps to Cokayne's 94, drops to the bench after deputising impressively in the first half of the WXV Global Series last month.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

If that 30-year rate falls to 6.5%, the monthly housing payment drops to less than $2,800.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

The Chargers’ Justin Herbert fumbles the ball and throws an interception in the fourth quarter of a 23-17 loss to the Denver Broncos that drops them to 0-5.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

It’s not like we’re friends, Leo thinks, and my stomach drops.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Liverpool's Wirtz problem - does he need to be dropped?

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Shares of the cloud communications company dropped below their current 50-day moving average.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

It was later dropped after medical experts concluded the patient's condition was so severe that they would have died regardless of the issues caused by the cyber-attack.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

At the Louvre, staff are still discussing when and how to put the theft’s lone survivor back on public view: Empress Eugenie’s 19th-century crown, which thieves dropped and crumpled outside the museum during their getaway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

I couldn’t tell what displeased her more: the loud, jazzy tune, or the dropped notes from the broken or out-of-tune keys.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

South Korean semiconductor giants were also down, with Samsung falling by 8.4% and SK Hynix dropping by more than 6%.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Social media is full of videos joking about middle-aged parents dropping everything when they hear a few notes from the game's familiar ocarina melodies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

By the end of session, the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite and the S&P 500 had both logged their biggest one-day declines since July, with the Nasdaq sliding 1.9% and the S&P 500 dropping 1.1%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The company saw deliveries drop across all of its regions except Central and Eastern Europe, with Western Europe deliveries falling 2.8% and North America deliveries dropping 5.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Even now, dropping off to sleep, I felt it, and fought it.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo