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Junk bonds advertise higher payouts, but their prices tend to plummet alongside stocks during economic downturns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Like something from King Arthur, a 200-year-old sword was found sticking out from a castle's lake after hot weather caused water levels to plummet.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

PayPal has seen growth in branded checkout slow down and its stock plummet more than 25% over a year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Most comedies plummet halfway through their second act, when the jokes get stale, and studios demand some kind of emotional stakes.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

The last thing Duane saw as he continued to plummet down the steep mountainside was Magic sitting up, giving herself a shake, and then waving cheerfully at Duane without a care in the world.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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

Scientists warn that as humans move more activities off-Earth, more debris will fall to Earth, polluting as it plummets.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

The French CAC 40 falls back 0.3%, dragged by software company Dassault Systemes, which plummets 20% after announcing results.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

Lyft’s stock plummets on weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue and modest guidance.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

My stomach plummets like I forgot it two hundred meters behind us.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Wheat grains shrivelled instead of fattening, and the yield plummeted.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The word everyone here uses for this phenomenon is tkuma: Hebrew for rebirth or renaissance, with an added nuance, we’re told, of national revival, of a people rising again after having plummeted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

He was twice rushed to the hospital after his throat closed, he couldn’t breathe and his blood pressure plummeted — a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The slope plummeted eighty feet, straight to the roof of an apartment complex built into the hillside.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

That ability to send pitchers plummeting into a nightmare was on full display in Monday’s 7-4 win over the Dodgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Last rites hadn’t even been performed on the plummeting Red Sox in the playoffs when a six-state civic emergency commenced over the local NFL concern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Along with the plummeting temperatures, some much-needed rainfall is on the way for England and Wales.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

She recites the names of the Mexicans Guthrie envisioned on the plummeting plane — Juan, Rosalita, Jesús and María — with tenderness, not pity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

He pulled himself upward, pushed again—he was higher now than Lina had been—but suddenly his hands slid and he came plummeting down.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau