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A few years ago, Mr Kim began to notice that the popular silvery hairtail fish he relied on were disappearing from local waters, and his earnings plunged by half.

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Mortgage rates have plunged to their lowest level in 12 months, giving home buyers some room to breathe.

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Bloomberg on Thursday cited unnamed Indian refinery sources as saying that flows from Russian crude were expected to plunge almost to zero as a result of the US sanctions.

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DaCosta doesn’t offer a verdict, but she plunges us so deeply into Hedda’s headspace that we can hear how certain things set her off.

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In August 2011, when Republicans and Democrats were locked in a stalemate over raising the debt ceiling, consumer confidence plunged and consumers pulled back spending.

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