plummet
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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.
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
Heart rate decreases, blood pressure drops and levels of the stress hormone cortisol plummet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
The plummet, he recalled, sick with sudden memory.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
If we look at matches against modern-day heavyweights Australia and India, Root plummets down the list even further - down in 10th, with twice as many losses as wins.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
Indeed, once m’lord activates Infinity Mode, range plummets below 200 miles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 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
Just as I open my mouth to ask if we’ve arrived, the guardhouse plummets to the ground and lands with a thud.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
It said the torrent plummeted rapidly, forming a massive debris flow that travelled more than 20 kilometres before crashing into Gyirong Port.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
When the dot-com bubble burst, demand for Cisco’s networking gear plummeted, but it was still on the hook for commitments to its own suppliers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The country's tourism industry has also plummeted, a key source of income for the beleaguered government.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
This led to what Ricardo Caballero, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dubbed the “safe-asset shortage”: As investors’ demand for supersafe assets collided with a finite supply, yields plummeted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The ancient queen’s hair glittered like a shooting star as she plummeted into Erilea.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
The two pushed for a programming overhaul, sending ticket sales plummeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Each attempt went bust when global economic downturns cratered the semiconductor market and sent chip prices plummeting.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
And later: why Bitcoin’s plummeting price is costing Eric Trump hundreds of million of dollars.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
The controversies and poor punctuality led to Qantas plummeting in the industry benchmark Skytrax Awards to rank the world's 24th-best airline in 2024, its worst-ever ranking and down from 5th just two years prior.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
She was scared of tiny spiders, but not of plummeting to her death from a set of monkey bars.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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