free fall

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Not long after Sora 2 launched as a stand-alone, limited-access app in the fall, user growth went into total free fall, with downloads plunging by nearly 75 percent from their November peak.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Software and services stocks have been in free fall for weeks, dragging the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF to the lowest levels in nearly a year and more than 30% from its mid-September peak.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Someone offering you a higher fixed rate of interest on bonds, at a moment when the economy is in free fall, is someone offering you free money.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

Walmart shares continued their free fall, and executives made an unplanned exit from the stage to regroup before returning to take questions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

The board must have sailed along with her, just below her feet for those terrifying seconds of free fall.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld