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
“Forward-looking, one-year inflation expectations were already coming down quite dramatically in lockstep with lower energy prices, but they continued to plummet after that meeting,” he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The plummet, he recalled, sick with sudden memory.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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
The USD index is up 0.9%, while gold falls 3.1% and silver plummets 7.6%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 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
Kyndryl plummets as the company’s chief financial officer leaves amid a review of the company’s accounting practices.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
The lump in my throat plummets to my stomach.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Endangered red squirrel populations have plummeted from about 3.5 million to less than 300,000 in the UK, with their grey-haired rivals continuing to thrive.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
When projects failed, their currencies plummeted, but they were stuck paying back dollar-denominated debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
In March 2000, as the bubble burst, shares of companies in the business of transmitting data, or networking, plummeted too.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
But average attendance plummeted after the 2017 season as fan sentiment turned on Helton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
My marks had plummeted, while the rest of the school tried to stagger on like everything was normal.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
He explained the birds were now "one of the fastest-declining bird species in Europe", with numbers plummeting by 98% in the UK between the late 1960s and 2023.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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
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
Down went the robot, plummeting into the treetops below.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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