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plummet

[pluhm-it] / ˈplʌm ɪt /


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Who could have thought we could launch rockets to space and then catch them as they plummet back to earth?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

As the company’s largest shareholder, his wealth plummet with its stock price.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

After March saw markets plummet amid the conflict with Iran, April brought a performance for the ages—but it remains worrying that the rally was against all odds.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Winning stocks can quickly plummet once “irrational exuberance is taken out of the stock,” Yardeni said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Hector sighed, and I watched his estimation of me plummet.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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