nosedive
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Barring a dramatic nosedive, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are set to finish the April-through-June period with their best quarterly gains in six years.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
And if you've got work or studies to do then concentration, decision-making, creativity and productivity all take "a nosedive" says Foster.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
“They took this nosedive, and it seemed inexplicable,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Somewhere over the winter, as defeats piled up and Spurs tumbled down the standings, they had entered a catastrophic nosedive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
Perhaps it was because Lady Constance’s Fulcrum of Fortune had taken a nosedive, or perhaps it was the foolish pirate outfit—for whatever reason, and despite the desirability of the ticket, Lady Constance found no takers.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
The U.S. jobs market has shown surprising strength in the past few years, even as hiring nosedived in response to higher tariffs, a decline in immigration and general economic uncertainty.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
At one stage, it looked as if Chelsea would be in the Champions League, but their form has nosedived to such an extent that they might not make Europe via the league at all.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
More than a million Cubans have left the island in recent years, and birth rates have nosedived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
But voter satisfaction has nosedived over the past year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The plane suddenly nosedived as it travelled between Cancun in Mexico and Newark in the United States, and pilots had to land in Tampa, Florida.
From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025
But over the next three years funding slid back to pre-pandemic levels, falling to $23 billion in 2024, then nosediving in 2025, when healthcare VCs raised an estimated $7 billion, according to SVB.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Digital-asset funds experienced a significant downturn in the fourth quarter, with the average fund nosediving 19.2%.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
Only this time, most of the butterflies had died inside the envelopes by the time the guests opened them — and the few that survived ended up nosediving into the fountain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
He added that “an adequately trained pilot could have quickly averted the crises” using other tools in the cockpit to override the errant system and save the nosediving planes.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022
"We have to get this right as the reputation is nosediving," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2022
