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a strong downdraft from the thunderstorm
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That suggests the current downdraft may not be over, but the bulk of the declines have already occurred.
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Other giant tech firms were sucked into the downdraft.
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That’s mostly due to financial stocks tanking during the financial crisis and during the downdraft in the summer of 2011.
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Initially, Hancock told investigators that his airplane had encountered a downdraft and he hadn't intended to fly that low.
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Comcast’s stock price has faced similar downdrafts with deals for AT&T’s broadband business more than 15 years ago and NBCUniversal, both of which were successful.
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Each of the table-top grills has a downdraft vent, which whisks away smoke and grease from the cooking meat.
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At the height of the sell-off a few weeks ago, when the Dow suffered two days of 1,000-point declines, Wall Street pros advised investors to keep the steep downdraft in perspective.
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Following Friday's 666-point plunge, the downdraft in stocks resumed Monday with the Dow Jones industrial average briefly going into freefall right after the opening bell.
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1849
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