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slump

[sluhmp] / slʌmp /




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Musk has downplayed the sales slump at Tesla, focusing on the company’s future as a maker of autonomous vehicles and taxis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The thinktank said this could partly help explain the slump in productivity since the pandemic.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

China’s central bank is bolstering stock-buying tools as a market slump threatens financing for technology companies.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Google’s own AI initiatives could be driving this search slump.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Her shoulders slump and she releases the deepest breath, as if she’s letting go of everything she wanted to say.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

In turn, if the stock slumps, they receive less—or from options, potentially nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The comments made by Broadcom’s CEO at a conference in Singapore have been cited as a reason for microchip stocks’ slumps on both Monday and Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Nike slumps after the retailer misses analysts’ first-quarter earnings target and issues downbeat full-year guidance.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

She slumps over a cloth in the arms of a caretaker with her eyes closed, but rouses when another person brings her what appears to be raw meat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

He just slumps, and looks out the window, probably trying to avoid his own thoughts, too.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Reporting that Alphabet's share value dropped 15 per cent on Thursday, the paper says "the plunge reverberated across markets, as the tech-heavy Nasdaq slumped 1.5 per cent".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Reckitt Benckiser RKT -0.94%decrease; red down pointing triangle cut its outlook for the year, as sales slumped in North America due to a disruption in Lysol manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Applied Digital’s Wes Cummins and Jason Zhang bought roughly $6.7 million in shares as the data-center stock slumped.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

On Thursday alone, Goldman’s prime brokerage estimated systematic or trend-following funds lost 1.2%, fundamental strategies declined by 1.1% and multi-strategy funds slumped 1.4%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Akira slumped in the saddle, feeling helpless and lost.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

It was only a short distance to the flat but Pauline felt her friend slumping even before they reached the school gate.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The company’s Mountain Dew has also had slumping sales, due in part to rising sales of energy drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Treasury yields were slumping across the curve early Thursday as bonds headed for their biggest one-day rally in at least a year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Though Ohtani’s arrival kicked off the Dodgers’ back-to-back championships, this isn’t his first time slumping in the postseason.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

In Deadwood, the leaves grew in a perpetual state of fall: crisp and colorful and lazily slumping toward the forest floor.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman


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