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as in fell
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
prices for those televisions have really plunged since they were first introduced
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as in descended
to lead or extend downward
a stairway plunging into darkness
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Recent Examples of plunged
Yves Seguy, the regional prefect, told BFM the aircraft plunged vertically to the ground.
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Christian Hartmann,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
On the eve of the 2024 Summer Olympics, hosted by Paris, a wetsuited Hidalgo had plunged herself into the Seine.
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Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Shares of Korean memory giants Samsung and SK Hynix plunged overnight, dragging AI stocks on Wall Street lower and fueling concerns that the chip trade had finally run too far, too fast.
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Alexa Lomonaco,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
Both events had plunged ties into a deep freeze.
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Michael Kugelman,
Time,
26 June 2026
Bitcoin plunged to a 21-month low on Thursday, and has now declined nearly 54% since hitting a record high in October.
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Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
The importance of that relationship became clear in 2025, when live cattle imports plunged by more than 50%.
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Andrew Muhammad,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
Oil stockpiles at the critical oil hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, have plunged to the bare minimum of what is needed to operate.
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Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
The drop in retail gas prices is thanks to tumbling oil prices, which have plunged more than 15% over the last two weeks as markets became more optimistic about peace with Iran.
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Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
Christian Hartmann,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
On the eve of the 2024 Summer Olympics, hosted by Paris, a wetsuited Hidalgo had plunged herself into the Seine.
—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Shares of Korean memory giants Samsung and SK Hynix plunged overnight, dragging AI stocks on Wall Street lower and fueling concerns that the chip trade had finally run too far, too fast.
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Alexa Lomonaco,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
Both events had plunged ties into a deep freeze.
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Michael Kugelman,
Time,
26 June 2026
Bitcoin plunged to a 21-month low on Thursday, and has now declined nearly 54% since hitting a record high in October.
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Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
The importance of that relationship became clear in 2025, when live cattle imports plunged by more than 50%.
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Andrew Muhammad,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
Oil stockpiles at the critical oil hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, have plunged to the bare minimum of what is needed to operate.
—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
The drop in retail gas prices is thanks to tumbling oil prices, which have plunged more than 15% over the last two weeks as markets became more optimistic about peace with Iran.
—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunged
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Had a little time off this week, dove into this incredible read.
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His calling-card changeup dove off cliffs and past the bats of Yankees hitters, who whiffed at 12 of them.
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The most dangerous situation appeared to be on Barrington Avenue, west of East Dundee Village Hall, where a light, a utility pole and part of a parkway tree were felled by strong winds, leaving power lines dangling across the road.
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John Adams famously wrote to his wife, Abigail, that smallpox was killing 10 soldiers for every one felled in battle.
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The Unraveling There isn’t an easy answer as to why Sudan has descended once again into civil war.
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Wilde’s 2022 psychological thriller, headlined by Florence Pugh and Harry Styles, descended into tabloid chaos amid rampant speculation over an apparent feud between Pugh and Wilde, plus the romance between Wilde and Styles that allegedly originated during production.
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New-home construction tumbled, then stayed depressed for over a decade.
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At Mariposa Market in Willits, grocery items, wine bottles and other merchandise tumbled from shelves, leaving aisles littered with broken glass and scattered products.
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The numbers behind the downturn Wine consumption has dipped to historic lows.
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For stargazers who have dipped their toes into the world of binoculars and telescopes, prices stack up quickly and even one purchase can wipe out thousands of dollars.
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District officials declined to provide the correspondence with Carvalho, instead assigning the request to the district’s Public Records Act unit, where some requests for records have taken years to resolve.
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The public prosecutor’s office declined to comment on the case when reached by CNN.
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As housing values plummeted, millions of Americans, many of them stuck with outsize mortgage debt, lost homes to foreclosure.
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According to the report, animals are staying in the facility longer, animal deaths have increased and vital transfers to outside rescue organizations have plummeted sharply from over 4,700 down to just 1,159.
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Meanwhile, the president’s approval rating on the economy dropped to 33% last week in an NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll — his lowest ever for that poll and 3 points below former President Biden’s worst reading on the question during his term.
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The point Algeria picked up for the draw gave them four for the tournament, one more than Iran gained in their three matches in Group G, and dropped Iran to the ninth spot among the third place teams, one shy of making the round of 32.
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“Plunged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunged. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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