plunge
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He took the plunge and headed to Hollywood in 1968.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Selling a house in the current market is tough, as high mortgage rates make buyers hesitant to take the plunge on a home purchase.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
The blue-chip index was dragged down by a 25% plunge in IBM shares after the tech company issued a stark profit warning to investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
And Petra Capital Management's Albert Yong said the plunge suggests "investors might have already priced in solid results and are increasingly focused on the longer-term trajectory of the memory cycle".
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Then he would come out of it, and the two would go out to dinner, then plunge into writing some program or into a long battle over which operating system was superior.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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He's replaced alcohol with cold water plunges and hot yoga...
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Not a day has gone by in this Cup without a decision that plunges a nation into rage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Concentrix stock plunges after missing earnings and issuing poor guidance.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
But when it comes to resilience, the company plunges to 110th place—a byproduct of its dependence on both Taiwan and China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
But still sleep would not come, or came only in quick plunges from which he emerged, giddy with thoughts he could not choose or direct.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Netflix stock plunged 9% on Friday morning to $67.74 a share, after the streamer’s second quarter earnings report renewed concerns among investors and analysts about the streamer’s future growth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Chinese crude imports plunged more than 40% in June from a year earlier as the country drew down about 41 million barrels from its stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Germany's trade deficit with China has ballooned in recent years as exports have plunged at the same time as imports have steadily risen, hitting sectors such as machine-making, chemicals and cars.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Its New York-listed shares -- which soared more than 13 percent on their debut Friday -- plunged more than nine percent Monday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Jonathan dropped his sticks and plunged through the brush until he reached the big redwood.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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The brown dwarf may have disrupted the missing planet's orbit and sent it plunging into TOI-5882.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
A 79-year-old woman had driven a vehicle over a curb and hit a fence before plunging over a 20- to 25-foot embankment, according to KTLA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Then again, the same focus on generative artificial intelligence that has helped send manufacturers of computer memory equipment soaring has sent shares of a number of software or online-services companies plunging.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
One thing is clear: The agreement has sent oil prices plunging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
And when Dad banned me from all school sports teams as punishment, it wasn’t for plunging the whole town into darkness for three days.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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