nosedive

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Barring a dramatic nosedive, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are set to finish the April-through-June period with their best quarterly gains in six years.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

If manager Mikel Arteta needs reminding of how a club's rise can quickly be offset by an unexpected nosedive, he need only look at the difficulties Liverpool faced last season.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The city repaired 310 miles of road in fiscal year 2025, which ended in June — a nosedive from the 850 miles it paved a decade before in 2015, according to Crosstown.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

While Wilson’s career began to nosedive as he played on an expensive contract, Seattle was loading up on the kind of assets that put a team in position to succeed for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

He’d think Ed lost my mind the way Grandpa had, or that Ed run away or been abducted or taken a nosedive off the cliffs.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs