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Like something from King Arthur, a 200-year-old sword was found sticking out from a castle's lake after hot weather caused water levels to plummet.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

PayPal has seen growth in branded checkout slow down and its stock plummet more than 25% over a year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Most comedies plummet halfway through their second act, when the jokes get stale, and studios demand some kind of emotional stakes.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

Welltower spent more than $40 billion over the following six years to acquire tens of thousands of senior-housing units, while many rivals retreated when the pandemic caused senior-facility occupancy rates to plummet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

My hand itches toward a weapon, but I resist—I have to keep hold of the ropes so we don’t plummet to the desert floor.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

She doesn’t need the imprimatur of an established brand to maintain an audience; as trust in institutions plummets, such affiliations can even be a turnoff.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

But the questions the film confronts the viewer with, and the depths of American darkness it plummets to, are brash and critical.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026

Scientists warn that as humans move more activities off-Earth, more debris will fall to Earth, polluting as it plummets.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

Lyft’s stock plummets on weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue and modest guidance.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

That way, if a stray meatball plummets to its death, he’ll be right there to catch it.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

On the other side, the biggest night of Conor Benn's career plummeted into freefall.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

It said the torrent plummeted rapidly, forming a massive debris flow that travelled more than 20 kilometres before crashing into Gyirong Port.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

As the aircraft plummeted, Kitchen said her husband fell on top of her, squashing her into the armrest.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

This led to what Ricardo Caballero, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dubbed the “safe-asset shortage”: As investors’ demand for supersafe assets collided with a finite supply, yields plummeted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

This time when he tried to cross, his shoe grazed the wire and he plummeted to the ground, and that was how my father immigrated to Holland.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

She remembers, most distinctly, the "falling man" – a famous image of a man plummeting, upside down, from the North Tower.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The two pushed for a programming overhaul, sending ticket sales plummeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Long-standing Olvera Street businesses are grappling with low foot traffic, plummeting sales and falling behind on rent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Each attempt went bust when global economic downturns cratered the semiconductor market and sent chip prices plummeting.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

He pulled himself upward, pushed again—he was higher now than Lina had been—but suddenly his hands slid and he came plummeting down.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau