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plummet

[pluhm-it] / ˈplʌm ɪt /


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Since the leaks first started to pop up last week, Take-Two’s stock has continued to plummet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Most comedies plummet halfway through their second act, when the jokes get stale, and studios demand some kind of emotional stakes.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

Civil unrest is growing as living standards plummet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

But it is having a devastating effect on rural junior schools - and Kaliluni Primary is one of more than 2,000 across the East African nation now facing possible closure as enrolment numbers plummet.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

If she were to fall, she'd plummet at least forty paces to the ground.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Productivity plummets when workers without AC suffer from heat stress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

If we look at matches against modern-day heavyweights Australia and India, Root plummets down the list even further - down in 10th, with twice as many losses as wins.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

She doesn’t need the imprimatur of an established brand to maintain an audience; as trust in institutions plummets, such affiliations can even be a turnoff.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

But the questions the film confronts the viewer with, and the depths of American darkness it plummets to, are brash and critical.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026

Up ahead, Laura sees the black V.W., and her heart plummets right down to her toes.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The number of migrating birds in the rice belt has plummeted by 80 percent in the last 15 years, she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

But German factory orders, which track demand that feeds into production, plummeted in August, data published Tuesday showed, driven by a large decline in big-ticket orders such as planes and military vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

He was twice rushed to the hospital after his throat closed, he couldn’t breathe and his blood pressure plummeted — a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Together they plummeted like a stone, down, down, down toward the rising ground.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

The price of a 50-pound bag of onions swung as high as $2.75 before plummeting as low as 10 cents.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Video on social media appears to show Patterson rappelling from the arena’s rafters on a rope, and plummeting fast to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

As the city contends with a string of challenges—declining snowfall and plummeting real-estate sales among them—it is the runway reconstruction that has become one of the hottest-button topics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The plane was diverted to Saudi Arabia after plummeting 17,000ft in less than two minutes.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

She was scared of tiny spiders, but not of plummeting to her death from a set of monkey bars.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan


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