as in drop
the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude
the pilot struggled to pull his plane out of a nosedive
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as in to plunge
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 nosedive
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
Manchester City’s nosedive in late 2024 is one reason for that, but there have been others.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
But the company’s bloated inventories and profit nosedive in recent months have shocked industry observers after years of its sizable margins being the envy of competitors in Detroit and abroad.
—Reuters, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
But considering the quality of the players and the fact their manager is Pep Guardiola, the team’s performance without the ball has taken a nosedive.
—Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
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That’s all the more important for Champagne producers, as the sector has taken a nosedive in the past few years: Shipments fell 9.2 percent last year, and companies such a Mumm posted double-digit declines in sales during the most recent fiscal year.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
Manchester City’s nosedive in late 2024 is one reason for that, but there have been others.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
But the company’s bloated inventories and profit nosedive in recent months have shocked industry observers after years of its sizable margins being the envy of competitors in Detroit and abroad.
—Reuters, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
But considering the quality of the players and the fact their manager is Pep Guardiola, the team’s performance without the ball has taken a nosedive.
—Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nosedive
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The drop had less to do with Kinder’s Q4 report (which was a lot more good than bad) and more to do with the fact that KMI shares had roughly doubled for the year heading into it.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The collaboration features multiple chapters, with the superstar unveiling more items with each drop.—
Caché McClay,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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Tesla Stock Price Drop: Why TSLA Crashed 50% Since December And The Impact On Investors Tesla stock has plunged by over 50% since December, a dramatic collapse that has stunned shareholders and analysts alike.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Stocks had plunged on Monday morning, continuing three consecutive weeks of losses, with the technology-laden Nasdaq marking its worst day since September 2022 and the Dow shedding 890 points to close beneath its 200-moving average for the first time since late 2023.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Given its 667 weeks on the all-genre ranking, a tiny dip like that is hardly a sign of slowing momentum.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Nostalgia in movies like this should be a warm throwback, not a reason to think of more entertaining dips into the same genre pool.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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After this, oil production will fall, albeit slowly toward 2050, as decarbonization proceeds and more electric vehicles take to the roads.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Overall, bookings fell after the deadly Jan. 29 D.C. crash, rebounded a bit, and then fell again after the Feb. 17 crash in Toronto, in which a regional jet crashed upon landing, overturned and caught fire.—
Sam Sweeney,
ABC News,
11 Mar. 2025
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The Associated Press pointed to the possibility of tariffs and a decline in consumer spending as the reasons for the earlier drop.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Chegg’s traffic plummeted 49% in January year-over-year, a sharp decline from the 8% drop in the second quarter last year, when Google released AI summaries.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Brown-Forman, the company behind Jack Daniel’s whiskey, tumbled 5.1%, and Harley-Davidson sank 5.7%.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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Sunrun — Shares of the residential solar energy tumbled about 7%.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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The rare proximity to Kanye—who was just beginning his descent from the summit of pop culture—was covered by every outlet imaginable, including this one.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2025
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Phillis Wheatley, who wrote Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, was the first American of African descent and the third colonial American woman to have her work published.—
Zaneilia Harris,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Marvell shares plummeted 20% on Thursday, their steepest slump since 2001, after guidance fell short of some elevated estimates.—
Kristina Partsinevelos,Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
7 Mar. 2025
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Nonetheless, the disappearance was ruled as a tragic accident under the assumption that the Martins’ car had accidentally plummeted into the river from the Cascade Locks parking lot.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2025
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