plummet
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That would be a boon for home builders who have seen buyer interest plummet as mortgage rates have surged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Last week, Intel, AMD’s top rival in developing CPUs, watched its shares plummet more than 20% in a day after the company reported weakness in PC sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
He said there was now a "race against the clock" to repair the power network before winter sets in and temperatures plummet.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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
If she were to fall, she'd plummet at least forty paces to the ground.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
If we look at matches against modern-day heavyweights Australia and India, Root plummets down the list even further - down in 10th, with twice as many losses as wins.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
But the questions the film confronts the viewer with, and the depths of American darkness it plummets to, are brash and critical.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 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
Just as I open my mouth to ask if we’ve arrived, the guardhouse plummets to the ground and lands with a thud.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
After a stellar season in 2024-25, Salah's numbers plummeted in 2025-26.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Nvidia shares have plummeted in recent days since Huang admitted to the affair.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
Latin America is the world's most Catholic continent but the number of people who define themselves as Catholic has plummeted in the past 30 years, from 80 percent to 55 percent, a Latinobarometro poll showed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
AI stocks that had plummeted Thursday rallied in the U.S. premarket, however.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
They plummeted towards the volcano as their largest piece of luggage - the forty-foot-tall Athena Parthenos - trailed after them, leashed to a harness on Nico’s back like a very ineffective parachute.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Builders are reporting plummeting traffic and sales, while labor and materials costs are rising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
In the here and now, Celtic's standards are plummeting.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The price of a 50-pound bag of onions swung as high as $2.75 before plummeting as low as 10 cents.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Video on social media appears to show Patterson rappelling from the arena’s rafters on a rope, and plummeting fast to the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
I looked up, saw the kite plummeting toward us.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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