dip
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U.S. stock-index futures ES00 YM00 NQ00 are higher as Treasury yields BX:TMUBMUSD10Y dip.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Samsung did a lot of work to minimize the crease—the dip between the two halves of the big interior display—but it’s still clearly there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Such a dip is not unusual following the assassination of a central founding figure like Kirk, says Mark Brewer, chair of the political science department at the University of Maine.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The goal is a quick dip, not a hot-tub soak: enough liquid to soften the interior of the bread while leaving plenty of edges available to crisp.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Using my fingers, I dip the sushi in soy sauce.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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From a technical perspective, dips back into the mid-to-low $70s will likely be well-supported, says Sycamore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Oil prices have been making small dips, then moving sideways briefly before rising again.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
As the sun dips below the horizon, a fleet of onlookers on jet skis and boats idle on the water to catch a peek of the vivacious scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Gamers are willing to trade a little fidelity for convenience, but not to pay premium prices for something they don't own which stutters when the Wi-Fi dips," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Ruby dips her trunk in her water bucket.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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Sure enough, when De Paula stepped into the batter’s box at Loan Depot Park, he wasn’t tempted to swing at the first-pitch curveball that dipped below the zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
The audience erupted with screams even before the show began, as the band broadcast their music videos on the O2 Arena's big screens, and the noise barely dipped for the next three hours.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Yields on 10-year US Treasuries and Japanese government bonds of the same length both dipped.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Shares in Broadcom dipped more than 2% in premarket trading on Thursday despite topping analysts’ expectations for its fiscal third quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
I primped it up and obligingly dipped and pivoted my head.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see .
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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Why, you see, last year I was dipt a little to the fishmonger, and wrote a matrimonial letter home hinting at trousseaus and other expenses, but mentioning no names.
From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Herbert Willis
These Sweats may be rendered full more effectual, by wrapping up the affected Part in a Flanel dipt in the Decoction Nº.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
The Tench, is a great lover of large Red Worms, first dipt in Tar.
From The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing by Robert Howlett
They can go on flatbread with goat cheese, over toast, or beside good bread for dipping.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
“I’m dipping nuggets you’ve never heard of into sources you could never understand,” she declares bluntly, causing us to cackle out of sheer surprise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Officials in the north-eastern Hebei province confirmed that they had verified footage showing individuals dipping cabbages in a solution before loading them onto trucks for transportation.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Wingstop offers 13 different dipping sauces, and Buffalo Wild Wings boasts 23 different flavorings.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
The cheesy bread is awesome ’cause it comes with two dipping sauces.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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