nosedive
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And if you've got work or studies to do then concentration, decision-making, creativity and productivity all take "a nosedive" says Foster.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
“They took this nosedive, and it seemed inexplicable,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Somewhere over the winter, as defeats piled up and Spurs tumbled down the standings, they had entered a catastrophic nosedive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
Elite LIV Golf players have seen their world rankings nosedive, complicating their ability to qualify for golf's four major championships, whose fields are largely determined by rankings.
From Barron's ● Feb. 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
Chief Financial Officer Roxanne Warner said U.S. consumer confidence nosedived after the war, leading shoppers to shun higher-priced models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 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
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
The Fed would cut rates quickly and aggressively if hiring nosedived, layoffs piled up and the unemployment rate rose from its current 4.4% level toward 5%.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
The plane suddenly nosedived as it travelled between Cancun in Mexico and Newark in the United States, and pilots had to land in Tampa, Florida.
From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025
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
"We have to get this right as the reputation is nosediving," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2022
