plummet
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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
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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
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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
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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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