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[dip] / dɪp /








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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

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

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

For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see .

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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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