plummet
Example Sentences
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The Tule and Tulare Lake groundwater subbasins were put on probation by the board in 2024 because they weren’t doing enough to control excessive pumping, which has caused levels to plummet.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Winning stocks can quickly plummet once “irrational exuberance is taken out of the stock,” Yardeni said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
The refinery lost more than $200 million in 2020, for example, when the Covid-19 pandemic caused fuel demand to plummet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The risk to the strategy—and it is hard to overstate it—is that stocks will plummet should reports of peace prove false.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
The last thing Duane saw as he continued to plummet down the steep mountainside was Magic sitting up, giving herself a shake, and then waving cheerfully at Duane without a care in the world.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing plummet
List 8
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