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nosedive

[nohz-dahyv] / ˈnoʊzˌdaɪv /




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Although I had already consulted with three orthopedic surgeons, Drew, who married me despite my nosedive in the parking lot, wanted me to see Dr. Bert Mandelbaum at Cedars-Sinai.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Plus, the young traders cashing in on prediction markets, and how a Boeing 737 MAX survived a nosedive near the speed of sound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Barring a dramatic nosedive, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are set to finish the April-through-June period with their best quarterly gains in six years.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

If manager Mikel Arteta needs reminding of how a club's rise can quickly be offset by an unexpected nosedive, he need only look at the difficulties Liverpool faced last season.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

“Nearly broke his neck last summer when he decided to see if pigs might be able to fly. He and one of Elmer’s weaner pigs took a nosedive off the barn.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Vance’s presidential hopes nosedived on Election Day, and he knows it.

From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2026

The Learjet 60 was bound for the Bahamas from Austin when it nosedived into a multi-lane highway.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

While the economics of new production shows have nosedived with the collapse of the broadcast monoculture, “Seinfeld” rights have remained one of highest dollar-fetching properties of the streaming era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The U.S. jobs market has shown surprising strength in the past few years, even as hiring nosedived in response to higher tariffs, a decline in immigration and general economic uncertainty.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

More than a million Cubans have left the island in recent years, and birth rates have nosedived.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

Nearly three and a half years into Sudan's unrelenting war, soaring costs and a nosediving currency have left people like Sawsan Mahmoud struggling to afford even the most basic staple -- bread.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

But over the next three years funding slid back to pre-pandemic levels, falling to $23 billion in 2024, then nosediving in 2025, when healthcare VCs raised an estimated $7 billion, according to SVB.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Only this time, most of the butterflies had died inside the envelopes by the time the guests opened them — and the few that survived ended up nosediving into the fountain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

Wall Street recoiled over the inflation report last Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average nosediving more than 1,200 points on fears that the Fed would have to keep up with its supersized hikes.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022

The reputation of Manchester Airport is "nosediving" as "chaotic" scenes caused by delays continue, a councillor says.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2022


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