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Lenders such as Silicon Valley Bank, which had invested low-cost deposits into low-yielding bonds, saw the value of those bonds plummet as yields surged, opening up capital holes that contributed to customer outflows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

As exports plummet owing to a ban on U.S. wine and liquor, California lawmakers ask Quebec’s premier to sidestep the president, lift the prohibition and promote free trade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 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

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

I won’t be the only Hello Girl in America for much longer, and when the others return my stock will plummet.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

Scientists warn that as humans move more activities off-Earth, more debris will fall to Earth, polluting as it plummets.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

The French CAC 40 falls back 0.3%, dragged by software company Dassault Systemes, which plummets 20% after announcing results.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

The Obayifo blinks out of the air once more and plummets to the ground.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

Similarly, European prices have plummeted from $45,000 to as low as $16,000 a kilogram in some cities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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

Wheat grains shrivelled instead of fattening, and the yield plummeted.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

How they plummeted straight down into the water!

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

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

That ability to send pitchers plummeting into a nightmare was on full display in Monday’s 7-4 win over the Dodgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

She remembers, most distinctly, the "falling man" – a famous image of a man plummeting, upside down, from the North Tower.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

She recites the names of the Mexicans Guthrie envisioned on the plummeting plane — Juan, Rosalita, Jesús and María — with tenderness, not pity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

She felt herself plummeting and heard the dactyl screech.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older