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[drop] / drɒp /








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That is a drop from 710 to 515.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The drop below the trend line, as shown in chart above, is another sign that the current selloff is different than the more recent ones.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

“U.S. stocks bounced after a drop fueled by concerns about the sustainability of the AI trade, with attractive valuations and solid corporate earnings luring bargain hunters,” said Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Ryan Felsman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"SolarStratos takes another step towards its ultimate goal: reaching the stratosphere aboard a crewed electric and solar-powered aircraft, without using a single drop of fossil fuel."

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Bat was so surprised that he felt his mouth drop open.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

The most actively traded January iron ore contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange drops 0.5% to 671.00 yuan a ton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

His Test average of 30.14 drops to 28 against Australia and 15 against both England and India.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Whenever the market drops, I check our accounts before I check my email.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The Chargers’ Justin Herbert fumbles the ball and throws an interception in the fourth quarter of a 23-17 loss to the Denver Broncos that drops them to 0-5.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Phineas comes up with all sorts of new plans, the doctor writes, but they are no sooner announced than he drops them.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Shares of the cloud communications company dropped below their current 50-day moving average.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

It was later dropped after medical experts concluded the patient's condition was so severe that they would have died regardless of the issues caused by the cyber-attack.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

At the Louvre, staff are still discussing when and how to put the theft’s lone survivor back on public view: Empress Eugenie’s 19th-century crown, which thieves dropped and crumpled outside the museum during their getaway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The other shoe dropped last night, when the Wall Street Journal reported she has not passed the bar in the U.S., a revelation Zacharia seemingly confirmed on Thursday.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

And even though there were so many fewer letters after all except the first ones dropped out, the name felt bigger and freer.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Humphrey Dolittle of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, who “ſuddenly dropt down in the Street, and inſtantly expired” on Jan. 7, 1763.

From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020

“I was inclined by my genius from childhood to the love of antiquities,” he writes, “and my Fate dropt me in a countrey most suitable for such enquiries.”

From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2017

So with that intent, one dropt on our starboard side called the la Fue and the other dropt on our larboard side called the Doubtable, they kept a very hot fire for some time.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2010

And then a spasm constricted her mouth for an instant: as it passed away she turned and left the room, and so did I. Neither of us had dropt a tear.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Emma was more than half in hopes of Mr. Elton’s having dropt a hint.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

Many tenants can’t afford rent, even though prices have largely been frozen for the last four years and home values are dropping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Despite endowments’ longer-term gains, higher education is facing challenges including inflation, dropping enrollment and the loss of research funds, said Margaret Chen, global head of Cambridge’s endowments and foundations practice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Social media is full of videos joking about middle-aged parents dropping everything when they hear a few notes from the game's familiar ocarina melodies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Treasury yields pulled back ahead of the print, with 10-year yields dropping 1.9 basis points to 5.198%, while 30-year yields fell 1.3 basis points to 5.550%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

I’d never say anything to her about it in case she ended up dropping me completely.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler


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