plummet
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Equity-only put-call ratios continue to plummet, thus remaining on buy signals for the stock market.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
County saw the number of new residents coming in from abroad plummet from 92,000 people in 2024 to 29,000 in 2025.
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
Because it doesn’t spin like a slider, batters often read it as a fastball out of the pitcher’s hand—only for the ball to plummet into the dirt at the last possible moment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Hector sighed, and I watched his estimation of me plummet.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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