drop
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“We believe an S&P 500 Index break below the 7,500 area would lead to a sharp drop to next support at 7,237 to 7,313,” for a number of reasons, Hunter wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Thomson Reuters logged a drop in earnings in the third quarter after a year-ago boost from an asset sale and as it was squeezed by higher amortization of software.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Last month, Bass announced a 47% drop in homicides since she took office, and she has also touted a decline in property crime such as burglaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Haas have not said anything about the dispute or what led them to drop Ocon.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Fell over the terrible drop that lay at the end of the tunnel.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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To the extent that this portends future drops in consumer spending, this sign is flashing red.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
That drops to 15.00 against off-spin and 12.16 when such bowlers are coming over the wicket.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
The steepest drops are among younger voters and Latino support, according to a Pew Research Center poll.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Hydroelectric dams have proliferated across Southeast Asia in recent years, but production drops off in the dry season and critics lament the ecological impacts.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
A burst of pink shoots from the canister in my hand, drops straight into a thatch of dry weeds.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Two decades later its share dropped to 40%.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Since late October, on days when tech stocks dropped sharply, investors have been flooding into the roughly $32 trillion U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Last season, Collin Sexton was a guard in Charlotte, trying helplessly to slow Doncic as he dropped 38 on the Hornets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The other day, Slate’s VP of technology, Greg Lavallee, dropped a tip into a Slate Slack discussion that immediately changed my life for the better.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
“One of our star employees, whom Mr. Andrews has just this moment dropped by specifically to see. We’re lucky to find you here.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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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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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
This feedback system, known as closed-loop control, is intended to prevent blood sugar from dropping dangerously low.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
In May, it was discounted to $9.8 million before dropping down to $8.95 million in September.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
“They are launching research ships as fast as dropping dumplings into a pot,” said Su Chih-chieh, an associate professor at National Taiwan University’s Institute of Oceanography, which operates one of Taiwan’s research ships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Excuse me,” she says quietly, before dropping her napkin onto the table and sliding out of the booth.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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