as in plunging
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
prices on just about everything nose-dived right after the holidays
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nose-diving
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Shares have rebounded 32% this year after plunging between 2022 and 2025.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
6 May 2026 -
More accumulation was expected with temperatures plunging overnight and the heaviest snow continuing into Wednesday morning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 May 2026
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Bishop Moore junior Lucas Magro went 2-1 in the individual singles bracket and took the top seed, William Freshwater of Barron Collier, to a tiebreaker before falling 1-6, 6-1, (10-3).—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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But the Pistons were sloppy with the ball and careless overall in a 94-88 loss to the Orlando Magic on Monday night, falling behind 3-1 in their first-round Eastern Conference series.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The company's revenue for the period was in-line with expectations, but weaker-than-expected operating income guidance for the current quarter sent shares tumbling.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Of My Own Making opens when, after a decade of productive therapy, Burke discovers a photo of the car accident that took her beloved grandmother’s life, and thirty years of unprocessed grief and trauma come tumbling out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Reports in 2024 and 2025 indicated declining health, including low blood pressure, dizziness and heart problems, but these claims could not be independently verified.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Now these countries, like much of the world, are facing declining birth rates that threaten to upend their economies.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
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Van Nurden said farmers are making up for losses by dipping into savings built up during the pandemic years, which produced profits.—
Star Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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During my visit, people came and went—not in throngs, but in ones and twos, dipping in and out quickly.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
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Monday’s announcement sent logistics stocks in a tailspin, with GXO shares plummeting more than 17 percent during the day.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
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Our post-draft power rankings boost the Jets, but send one division champion plummeting.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Four of the seven matches went to Super Tiebreakers, and Cypress Bay had to dig out of a 2-0 hole after dropping their two singles matches.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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With that option off the table, the Jeju pilots would have had to consider dropping the gear manually.—
James Glanz,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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By the time totality begins, the sun will already be sinking toward the western horizon — around 10 degrees high in the northwest and dropping to just a few degrees in eastern regions.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
6 May 2026
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The simple part for the tour was sinking two events in Hawaii.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 May 2026
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“Nose-diving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nose-diving. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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