plunged

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By December of that year, the stock had plunged nearly 50% from a high of $198.99.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Semiconductor shares plunged 10.3%, marking their largest one-day drop since March 2020.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

It’s that rarest of investigative-journalism properties: a consistently profitable enterprise that commands the levels of advertising expenditures that have otherwise plunged across traditional TV and informational media writ large.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

However, the value of the firm plunged from the $44bn he originally paid to just $9.4bn, according to some estimates.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

I opened my bedroom door and plunged down the steep twisting stairway.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom