plummet

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When there was a pandemic, did you go crazy trying to pick individual stocks that you thought would soar — like Peloton — only to see them plummet just as fast?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Midwest, which in 2018 saw the province’s take-home price plummet to $10 a barrel due to transportation bottlenecks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Many were "thrown into bags without care", causing damage that would make the value plummet, he said.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Sweetgreen, headquartered in Los Angeles and catering to a health-conscious Southern California consumer, has seen its shares plummet 80% over the past year.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Instantly, a white sheet of wind jetted out of the thermos and propelled us sideways, turning our downward plummet into a forty-five-degree crash landing.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan