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to go to a lower level especially abruptly
a week in which stock prices plummeted
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Recent Examples of plummeted
Shares of weight loss drug maker Zealand Pharma plummeted as much as 23% on Monday after new data on its experimental medicine raised concerns over its potential side effects.
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Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 8 June 2026
Public opinion towards it has sharply worsened in the last year, with majorities in most countries polled having unfavorable views towards it, and confidence in Netanyahu has plummeted.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
At the same time, Newton also admitted that this same quality has plummeted over the past two to three decades, even as the volume of garments continues to soar.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
Flynn cited unspecified data that show Boston’s housing production plummeted from 9,800 units approved in 2020 to just 852 in the first six months of 2025.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
Meanwhile birth rates have plummeted.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
During the prior incident, four members of a seven-person expedition plummeted near Denali Pass, which is known as one of the most hazardous stretches of the mountain.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Almost immediately, these two have been joined at the hip and have shouldered much of the talk of the Canadiens’ bright future that began one year later when the franchise plummeted to the bottom of the standings and began a rebuild under Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 5 June 2026
For weeks afterward, foreign visits to the resort town of Puerto Vallarta on Jalisco’s coast fell by more than 30% compared to 2025, while hotel occupancy and restaurant sales plummeted.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 8 June 2026
Public opinion towards it has sharply worsened in the last year, with majorities in most countries polled having unfavorable views towards it, and confidence in Netanyahu has plummeted.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
At the same time, Newton also admitted that this same quality has plummeted over the past two to three decades, even as the volume of garments continues to soar.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
Flynn cited unspecified data that show Boston’s housing production plummeted from 9,800 units approved in 2020 to just 852 in the first six months of 2025.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
Meanwhile birth rates have plummeted.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
During the prior incident, four members of a seven-person expedition plummeted near Denali Pass, which is known as one of the most hazardous stretches of the mountain.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Almost immediately, these two have been joined at the hip and have shouldered much of the talk of the Canadiens’ bright future that began one year later when the franchise plummeted to the bottom of the standings and began a rebuild under Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 5 June 2026
For weeks afterward, foreign visits to the resort town of Puerto Vallarta on Jalisco’s coast fell by more than 30% compared to 2025, while hotel occupancy and restaurant sales plummeted.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummeted
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And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
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There was also a giant tree stretching across Laflin Street about a block from the scene of the fire, after being felled by the storms on Wednesday.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Scene of a fatal crash and fire on Interstate Highway 280 after a vehicle plunged off the 18th Street overpass in San Francisco, June 12, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Severe storms and tornadoes that tore through the Midwest on June 11 left one person dead, downed trees and plunged thousands into darkness with power outages.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Highflying names such as Nvidia and Broadcom slid as server maker Super Micro Computer tumbled 28% on a $7-billion stock sale plan, stoking fresh worries about an AI-fueled bubble.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Anglogold Ashanti tumbled nearly 6%, while Harmony Gold Mining fell more than 2% and Gold Fields lost more than 4%.—
Scott Schnipper,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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Guest comedy actor dipped to 88 from 97, while guest comedy actress rose to 82 from 74.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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The actor also dipped his toes in theater, most notably playing Rapunzel’s Prince in the Broadway production of Into the Woods.—
Kelly Martinez,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Florida citrus acreage declined from nearly 749,000 acres in 2004 to approximately 275,000 acres in 2024.—
Paul Meador,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2026
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The National Labor Relations Board declined jurisdiction on narrow grounds, warning that allowing one private-school team to unionize while most FBS programs were public universities could create instability.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
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Then, in early 2026, after ticket sales dropped sharply, the board decided to close the center for about two years for major renovations.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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The two embraced and Rick dropped a kiss on his boy’s forehead.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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