plummet
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Palace were in the midst of a 12-game winless run across all competitions, which had seen them slip out of the Premier League's top five and plummet towards the relegation zone.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Equity-only put-call ratios continue to plummet, thus remaining on buy signals for the stock market.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
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
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
He was looking up, aghast, at the unimaginable sight of the citadel tilting off its axis, when, through the blowing smoke and grit he saw something plummet from it.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing plummet
List 8
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