plummet
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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
Your core temperature continues to plummet because the chilled blood from your extremities returns to your heart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
But it is having a devastating effect on rural junior schools - and Kaliluni Primary is one of more than 2,000 across the East African nation now facing possible closure as enrolment numbers plummet.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Banks also fear the effects on their financial stability because if customers convert their money into digital euros, bank deposits would plummet.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Thanks to severe thunderstorms, I spent the whole flight gripping my seat, worrying that I was going to plummet to my death.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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
The USD index is up 0.9%, while gold falls 3.1% and silver plummets 7.6%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 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
He manages to seize the edge of an isle before he plummets to the lagoon below.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Rightmove searches for rental properties that allow pets have plummeted since law changes gave renters more rights.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Related: ‘They cut off online access’: My mother’s bank balance plummeted after her death.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Like elsewhere in the world, births have plummeted in South Korea as the country has grown wealthier.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
School district enrollment has plummeted, dropping from nearly 18,000 students in 2003-04 to fewer than 6,000 today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The sled plummeted fifteen feet to the ground.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Each attempt went bust when global economic downturns cratered the semiconductor market and sent chip prices plummeting.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
And later: why Bitcoin’s plummeting price is costing Eric Trump hundreds of million of dollars.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
The controversies and poor punctuality led to Qantas plummeting in the industry benchmark Skytrax Awards to rank the world's 24th-best airline in 2024, its worst-ever ranking and down from 5th just two years prior.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Tower Optical, a near 100-year-old binocular-viewer company, faced plummeting revenue as people stopped carrying coins, prompting new owners to modernize payment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
“There used to be a little card around here somewhere. Isn’t it a beauty? You can feel it plummeting through the air.”
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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