plunge
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Investigators are examining the incident more broadly, including technical, operational, medical and human factors, and it remains unclear what caused the aircraft to plunge.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Many of the bodies, like Morup's, are in what climbers call Everest's death zone – where temperatures can plunge to -40C and oxygen levels are about a third of those at sea level.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Rogan’s Instagram account reveals he’s made several upgrades to the mansion, including adding a cold plunge tub and a sauna.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Aschenbrenner’s fund had about $45 billion before its plunge and fire sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
He could plunge through the mob instead, force his way up that staircase and onto a boat.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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“PRP, stem cells, cold plunges, GLP-1s,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Spikes in that ratio have flagged short-term stock peaks in the last two decades, as plunges flagged several market troughs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Kiki, however, lives in a world that sees magic as part of the natural order, which plunges her into an existential crisis when she loses hers.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
I have watched videos of people doing cold plunges, giving themselves ear massages and contorting themselves into impossible stretches all in the name of fixing dysregulation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
She takes a breath and then plunges into the rest of her story.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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After Dodgers relievers Evan Phillips and Tanner Scott threw a pair of scoreless innings, Dodger Stadium was plunged into darkness before Timmy Trumpet’s “Narco” sounded over the speakers to a light show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
A UC Santa Cruz student died after the vehicle she was in veered off a road near the university, dropped off a seaside cliff and plunged into the Pacific, according to officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Late last year, CoreWeave shares plunged roughly 50% in less than a month, thanks in large part to worries about an AI investing bubble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The northern city of Burgos, for example, will be plunged into darkness for exactly one minute and 48 seconds.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Anya plunged the key into the sixth door and turned it.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Chip stocks led the losses with SK Hynix plunging 10% and Samsung Electronics down 6.3%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The 78-year-old fled Dhaka as tens of thousands of demonstrators held protests and stormed government buildings, including her official residence, plunging the country of more than 170 million into crisis.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Some tech shares are plunging - what does that mean for the AI revolution?
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Investor jitters over how long the artificial intelligence spending boom will last and concern over Chinese competition in chipmaking sent technology shares plunging Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
But occasionally a passing star makes a gravitational flurry and commotion in the cometary cloud, and a group of comets finds itself in highly elliptical orbits, plunging toward the Sun.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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