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The Swift space telescope, which studies the most powerful explosions in the universe, will now likely plunge back to earth and disintegrate along the way later this year.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The July consumer-price index showed motor-vehicle insurance falling 4.5% year-over-year, the fastest drop since 2020, when the pandemic led to a plunge in driving activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Investigators are examining the incident more broadly, including technical, operational, medical and human factors, and it remains unclear what caused the aircraft to plunge.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The cost of raw materials dropped 1.8% on the back of a 6.4% plunge in June.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Mr. Popper, who was still panting for breath, had not supposed the determined bird would plunge so quickly.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater

Once the results are announced, implied volatility typically plunges.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Brett Pawlak’s camera spins a cartwheel alongside a flying kick, then plunges into the eye of a tornado of bad guys trapped in a web.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Kiki, however, lives in a world that sees magic as part of the natural order, which plunges her into an existential crisis when she loses hers.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

South Korean stocks suffered one of their steepest plunges on Wednesday, with the blood-letting that has battered chip firms over the past month deepening as nervous investors unwound their bets on the AI boom.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Most likely she’s near the Indian Ladder where Outlet Falls plunges off the cliff.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

By July 30, when the fund was forced to negotiate a bailout deal with Citadel, shares in the two semiconductor plays had plunged — Sandisk had collapsed 43% and Micron 24%.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

A UC Santa Cruz student died after the vehicle she was in veered off a road near the university, dropped off a seaside cliff and plunged into the Pacific, according to officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Railway services were plunged into chaos after a train derailed in Essex.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The northern city of Burgos, for example, will be plunged into darkness for exactly one minute and 48 seconds.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Anya plunged the key into the sixth door and turned it.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

The index more than doubled its value since the start of the year to rise above 9,000 points in mid-June, before plunging to 5,500 within a few weeks.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

State-run UNE said there was a "total disconnection" of the national electricity system, plunging the country, including the capital, into abrupt darkness.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Some tech shares are plunging - what does that mean for the AI revolution?

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

As recently as the 1990s, Thailand’s plunging birthrate was celebrated as a success by demographers worried about overpopulation and resource scarcity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

But when the camera below the surface captured footage of her plunging into the water, I stopped thinking about dark things.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen