plunge
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Earlier this week the International Monetary Fund warned that the war could plunge the global economy into recession, with the UK set to be the hardest hit of the world's advanced economies.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Hopes for a peace resolution helped prices plunge Tuesday.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
Investors who were stung by the plunge in crude prices after last week’s cease-fire might be cautious about piling back in, said hedge-fund manager Pierre Andurand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The Brent contract was on track for the biggest one-day percentage drop since the 24% plunge on March 9, 2020, when the pandemic first emerged in the west.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
After Uranus it will plunge on past Neptune, leaving the solar system, becoming an interstellar spacecraft, fated to roam forever the great ocean between the stars.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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