plummet

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The analysis shows an outsize effect on noncitizen women, whose reported employment plummeted about 8.6%, or 1 in 12 out of work after raids began to roil Los Angeles in early June.

From Los Angeles Times

Alas, the film’s outlook continued to plummet and soar and plummet again like a jet-propelled pogo stick.

From Los Angeles Times

Venezuela’s oil exports have consequently plummeted by half over the course of the last month.

From Los Angeles Times

Silver prices plummeted almost 10% in the trough of volatile trading early on Wednesday, but remain relatively close to record highs amid what increasingly looks like a dangerous market for the white metal.

From Barron's

Meanwhile, there was an epidemic of plummeting pop stars.

From BBC