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[dip] / dɪp /








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It's just that Kildunne's dip comes with the large spotlight of her being the Red Roses' household name.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The smart money is buying the dip in Brazil after the surprise election of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The latest hiccup for the AI trade inspired investors to attempt to buy the dip last week.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

On another late summer night in New York, under the red glow of the DJ booth and a canopy of globe string lights, the rooftop’s wooden floorboards dip beneath scores of platform heels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

“I’m even thinking of bottling up free samples of my dip bait.”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

The locations and shapes of these dips provide clues about the speed and movement of galactic winds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

“I shepherded it for 18 years, and we had a great run. We had a lot of fun with the place, and served a lot of dips and a lot of drinks.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Individual investors have grown a bit more selective in 2026, analysts say, opting to throw their weight behind a few high-conviction names over buying broader market dips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Chris Wheeler, from Bucklebury, Berkshire, said the price volatility, including surges and dips, was "frustrating".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

You’d think that after flying six-odd hours from New York to Oakland, then flying six-odd hours back, Vonetta, Fern, and I would be world-class travelers, and those bumps and dips would be nothing.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Half took a private loan and more than a third cut personal spending or dipped into their personal savings.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

That is up from 6.3% at the beginning of the year, when mortgage rates were falling and briefly dipped below 6%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Ratings have dipped and the jury's still out, but critics say they are slowly getting into the groove.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Excluding exchange rate fluctuations and changes to the business, sales dipped one percent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

We had cooked birds, tasting horribly of the sea, eaten their eggs, and Sean had dipped his hands into the bay every day until they began to heal.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Disregarding the roses and raptures of vice, she paints, with a small brush dipt in gilt, the lilies and languors of virtue.

From Time Magazine Archive

For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see .

From Time Magazine Archive

To this purpose the Intestines are to be rank'd along the side of the Wound, and a Bolster is to be laid upon 'em dipt in warm Wine, which may be held by some Assistant.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

Suddenly she heard a slight rustle, as though some passing bird's wing had dipt the air.

From Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson

What was it meant for, or made for, that minute, But that our lives in delight should be dipt?

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells

The studio has also started dipping its toe into the music business, formed partnerships with fashion brands such as Dior, and bought the off-Broadway venue Cherry Lane Theatre.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Dressed in shorts, sandals and a dark baseball cap, the former Ukrainian Special Forces soldier strolled back and forth, chatting with the receptionist and dipping repeatedly into a bowl of free snacks.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

It’ll still be warm after dark too, forecasters say, with the mercury dipping only into the upper 60s to mid-70s across much of the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Happily, you did not mention dipping into your retirement savings or the need to take out a loan, so I’m hoping those options are not on the table.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

They ate in silence for a while, molding their garri into balls, dipping in soup, swallowing.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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