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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

Most comedies plummet halfway through their second act, when the jokes get stale, and studios demand some kind of emotional stakes.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

Civil unrest is growing as living standards plummet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 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

Ekon felt something inside him plummet as Koffi's eyes rolled back into her head, exposing the whites.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Productivity plummets when workers without AC suffer from heat stress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

I ask, and my heart plummets when he nods.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Shares in the sector have plummeted in recent years as investors note flatlining sales with concern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

He was twice rushed to the hospital after his throat closed, he couldn’t breathe and his blood pressure plummeted — a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Last year, similar attacks knocked out power and heating for days on end as temperatures plummeted to -20C.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

This time when he tried to cross, his shoe grazed the wire and he plummeted to the ground, and that was how my father immigrated to Holland.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

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

After plummeting around 4,000 feet, the ice turned into a debris-laden flood that flowed into the Lhende Khola, a river coming down from Tibet, and later joined with the Trishuli river.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

She had good reason: The least slip would send her plummeting to rocky ground.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart