drops
Example Sentences
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When they leave, the economic floor drops out from under the town with no warning.
From Salon
“The temperature drops and the relative humidity goes up, the winds die down, flames drop to the ground and it starts creeping along,” Hanson said.
From Los Angeles Times
He drops off Miriam at her university in Pittsburgh and then, instead of turning back to Amy, keeps driving west, either to escape or to confront whatever his future will be.
Chalamet’s marketing deck is full of outrageous, sky-high ideas, like an orange blimp that drops ping pong balls as it sails over Los Angeles.
From Salon
It found workforce participation and a separate measure of hours worked saw their biggest drops in three years in November, led by sharp pullbacks in entertainment and hospitality.
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