nosedive
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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
The nosedive, mainly caused by his inability to throw the slider in the zone, made his other pitches look less competitive, and the Orioles started connecting with his fastball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 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
This week, their relationship took a nosedive as tensions flared over the war and a personal jibe directed at Macron.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
He’d noticed something was wrong when I’d done a nosedive into my cereal without even checking it for trackers first.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
Newton notes the Russell 3000 McClellan Summation Index — a breadth indicator — is sitting near its June peak and while, drifting sideways, hasn’t nosedived, which is often the precursor to a bigger downturn.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Shares in Shutterstock nosedived premarket, while Getty’s also fell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 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
But voter satisfaction has nosedived over the past year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
This time last year, Ulster's form had nosedived and that was reflected in the 2025 Six Nations squad, when only three players were selected.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
One video showed a drone nosediving toward one of the warehouses as air-raid sirens rang out and a loudspeaker announcement instructed employees to seek shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Digital-asset funds experienced a significant downturn in the fourth quarter, with the average fund nosediving 19.2%.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 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
It’s hard to watch such rapid nosediving, even for people who subscribe to the long-standing investment advice to “buy and hold.”
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2022
The reputation of Manchester Airport is "nosediving" as "chaotic" scenes caused by delays continue, a councillor says.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2022
