free fall
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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
But home values are not in a free fall.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025
With a sudden end to foreign exchange earnings, Venezuelan GDP went into the kind of free fall you rarely see outside war, setting off a humanitarian crisis that brought millions to the brink of starvation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Still, there is no denying that, like all awards shows, the Emmys are in a ratings free fall.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
He tried to set his expression into “bravery in the grip of terrible adversity” but it was difficult with the wind contorting his face as if he were in a free fall without a parachute.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
