plunge

Example Sentences

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Faced with numerous complaints about broken streetlights that have plunged neighborhoods into darkness, two Los Angeles City Council members unveiled a plan Friday to spend $65 million on installing solar-powered lights.

From Los Angeles Times

According to models developed at the Flatiron Institute, that motion prevents most of the outer material from plunging straight into the black hole.

From Science Daily

She was nine when her mother died of cancer, plunging her father and the family into grief they never truly recovered from.

From BBC

Over the past 15 years, Stevanovic has been hiking icy slopes, meditating in deep snow and plunging into frozen lakes as part of a routine he believes offers health benefits and mental clarity.

From Barron's

Most Asian stock markets fell Friday following another tech-led plunge on Wall Street as investors reassess their vast AI investments, while attention was also turning to US inflation data later in the day.

From Barron's