plunge
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Fed officials already consult a range of gauges that exclude outliers, such as a plunge in wireless phone prices or a one-off tariff bump.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
That makes TOI-199b far milder than hot Jupiters, while also being dramatically warmer than the frozen gas giants in our own solar system, where temperatures can plunge hundreds of degrees below zero.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Sales dropped 4.8% in the three months ended March 31 from the year-ago period, compared with a more than 21% plunge two years earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
In other corporate news, French video game giant Ubisoft saw its shares plunge around 11 percent after it reported disappointing annual results and forecast further pain in the coming year.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Velvet and licorice caressing every sense; it melts into a liquid you plunge through; it evaporates into air that you breathe.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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