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Housing starts across Canada came in at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate in August of 229,046 units, a 0.1% dip from the month before, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

A drop of around 3% to 5% could draw in some dip buyers, but “markets would need to test all-time highs to trigger a chase,” they say.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

There’s an understandable pacing dip afterward, when the wounded villagers think the nightmare is over and our protagonists learn separately that the forest holds more of these mysteriously strong creatures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Sabalenka has been the world number one for the past two years, but has recently suffered a dip of form which leaves her position under severe threat.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

That’s why I was able to dip out without anyone noticing.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

"We also plan to stay here our whole lives," George adds, explaining that they are prepared to ride out any dips in the property market.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“We have seen dips in test scores as a result,” Dinowitz said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

As the sun dips below the horizon, a fleet of onlookers on jet skis and boats idle on the water to catch a peek of the vivacious scene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“This is reflected in the ever-shorter and ever-shallower dips in key indexes, and by the relatively violent reactions when good news justifies an upward revaluation,” he adds.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Piper dips her head toward Natalie, who is sitting quietly dragging her fingers along a patch of moss.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

Sure enough, when De Paula stepped into the batter’s box at Loan Depot Park, he wasn’t tempted to swing at the first-pitch curveball that dipped below the zone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Orange chips are a Black Country classic, thought to be dipped in a batter with added turmeric or paprika to give them their distinctive colour.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Yields on 10-year US Treasuries and Japanese government bonds of the same length both dipped.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Shares in Broadcom dipped more than 2% in premarket trading on Thursday despite topping analysts’ expectations for its fiscal third quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

My head dipped under water, and my ears clogged.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see .

From Time Magazine Archive

Disregarding the roses and raptures of vice, she paints, with a small brush dipt in gilt, the lilies and languors of virtue.

From Time Magazine Archive

What boots it for thee to have dipt thy hand In odors wafted from Arabian land?

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings

A hundredweight of lead rolled off his heart, the wrinkle of dejection vanished from his brow, and his eyes were enlightened, as if he had dipt his staff in honey and tasted thereof.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle

As for external Medicaments, when the Burn is only superficial, take Onions and unslack'd Lime, quench'd in a Decoction of Rapes, and apply this Liquor very hot, with double Bolsters dipt therein.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

They can go on flatbread with goat cheese, over toast, or beside good bread for dipping.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Pending home sales were essentially flat from a week earlier, dipping to their lowest level since February.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

But as the manager of a smaller company, he is nervous about how long these strategies will work if diesel prices don’t start dipping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Pedro Porro: The World Cup winner played further forward on the right wing and had a couple of openings, seeing a shot blocked by Hall and a dipping volley go just over.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

The vendor dipping apples on sticks into dark, sticky caramel obliges him, drizzling it over the top.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern