dipped

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Mortgage rates dipped below 6% in February, boosting expectations for a busy spring after three straight years of lackluster activity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Operating profit in 2025-26 dipped to 58 million yen from 69.8 million yen the year before.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Wheeler dipped into Willy Chavarria’s Adidas collab with both her shorts and a pair of black sneakers with a metal-tooled toe in a floral pattern that the designer named after the Compton Cowboys.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Heathrow's passenger numbers dipped by 5.3% last month, with the airport's chief executive citing the conflict in the Middle East as the main reason.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Then she dipped her fingers in the sludge and fed some to Archie.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff