dip
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Scott’s fastball velocity was down 1.5 mph under his season average, the second such dip in his last three outings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
“You can dip your toes into the founder world with very little risk and a lot of upside,” Callaway said about the market today, adding, “It’s a nice way to get a job at Anthropic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The solution for many is a quick trip to the beach for a dip in the ocean, but the timing could not be worse.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
With sewage spills and bathing water quality often in the headlines, more people are asking how clean the water is before taking a dip.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
If you have a weak organ, it will be small and you'll have a dip or depression in your skull.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Where the researchers expected to see a smooth spectrum produced by light reflecting from dust, they instead found a pattern of peaks and dips.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
A folding-phone concern for years has been the “crease”—where the inside display dips between the two halves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Crackers have spent enough time under cheese, beside soup, tucked politely next to salads and dips.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
At club level his conversion rate dips a bit, with 50 goals from 62 attempts.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
This ceramic bust by L. N. Fowler was to help serious phrenologists locate the thirty-seven "organs" of the brain while feeling around on the head for bumps and dips.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Despite fewer jobs being created, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the unemployment rate actually dipped to 4.1% from 4.2%, as the number of people in work or looking for work declined slightly.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Its share price dipped, however, losing almost two percent on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Tomato already knows butter from ghee-rich curries, grilled cheese dipped in tomato soup and Marcella Hazan’s famously spare sauce.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
The so-called PCE index dipped 0.1% last month, the government said Thursday, to mark the first decline since 2020.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Shifa leaned out and dipped her fingers in the water.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see .
From Time Magazine Archive
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Disregarding the roses and raptures of vice, she paints, with a small brush dipt in gilt, the lilies and languors of virtue.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It should be covered over with a Compress dipt in sweet Oil, or with the Cerecloth Nº.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
The hills around Stand proud in order with the valleys deep, The hills with pastures drest, with tall trees crowned, And the low valleys dipt in sunny sleep.
From Poems by Shanks, Edward
Warm turpentine I have sometimes with advantage had repeatedly held to the abdomen, by means of flannels heated and then dipt into the oil, which is afterwards wrung out.
From The Dog by Dinks
The best way to view the eclipse is at an elevated location with a clear view to the west, because the sun and moon will be dipping to the horizon ahead of sunset.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
You’ll be glad to know a lot you can do that does not involve dipping into your retirement funds, and/or redirecting valuable time and money away from your own family.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Díaz’s velocity was down to begin the year, dipping to about 95.5 mph in his last two outings before landing on the injured list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Wall Street opened broadly stable, with the Nasdaq Composite dipping 0.1 percent as tech stocks continued to struggle.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
So I take turns dipping, every other sauce for every other bite, until they’re both gone.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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