as in fell
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 nose-dived
Trump’s approval on the economy, meanwhile, has nose-dived, with only 33% of voters giving him positive marks in a recent New York Times/Siena College poll.
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Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
27 May 2026
Those bills landed in collections, and her credit score nose-dived.
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Sarah Kwon,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Trust in Netanyahu’s government nose-dived after the deadly 2023 Hamas attack.
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ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
The noise of the engines, the mounting anxiety of his wife and sister-in-law, who may have cried out as the plane nose-dived, could only have increased his own.
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Jeffrey Eugenides,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
The program nose-dived following the firing of Al Skinner after the 2009-10 season with BC going 184-290, including a 73-200 mark in the ACC, over the past 15 seasons.
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Greg Dudek,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
Corals bleached and their population nose-dived, especially in the Keys, where water temperatures hit a Jacuzzi-like 101 degrees.
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Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
Study after study has shown that over the past decade, American students’ reading abilities have nose-dived, along with reading habits.
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Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
Attendance has nose-dived since.
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Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
27 May 2026
Those bills landed in collections, and her credit score nose-dived.
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Sarah Kwon,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Trust in Netanyahu’s government nose-dived after the deadly 2023 Hamas attack.
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ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
The noise of the engines, the mounting anxiety of his wife and sister-in-law, who may have cried out as the plane nose-dived, could only have increased his own.
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Jeffrey Eugenides,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
The program nose-dived following the firing of Al Skinner after the 2009-10 season with BC going 184-290, including a 73-200 mark in the ACC, over the past 15 seasons.
—
Greg Dudek,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
Corals bleached and their population nose-dived, especially in the Keys, where water temperatures hit a Jacuzzi-like 101 degrees.
—
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
Study after study has shown that over the past decade, American students’ reading abilities have nose-dived, along with reading habits.
—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
Attendance has nose-dived since.
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Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nose-dived
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That the forest below has not been felled but has swelled, along with its creatures, is hugely the work of Dharana’s owners, the de Souza family.
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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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Riyadh largely paused shipments from its Gulf export terminals of Ras Tanura and Juaymah on March 9 after tanker traffic through Hormuz plunged due to Iranian attacks.
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Even as the communist country proposes reforms, the United States continues a pressure campaign, ramping up economic sanctions and maintaining an oil embargo that has plunged much of the island into darkness.
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Shannon Stone, 39, was at the game with his young son, who watched as his dad tumbled over the outfield railing after catching the ball.
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Demand tumbled during the war as prices surged and fuel was in short supply.
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Wall Street was mixed in light trading early Thursday as chip stocks fell further and oil prices dipped near their levels before the Iran war began.
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The number of Tarrant County kindergartners vaccinated against measles dipped slightly last school year, according to the latest data.
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The location for the bronze statue on the Wimbledon grounds hasn't been announced and Williams-Ellis declined to offer specifics about the pose.
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In doing so, Valdez, like fellow successful DSA New York Congressional candidate Avila Chevalier, declined to endorse Jeffries as minority leader or even Speaker if the Democrats take back the House.
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In June alone, the labor force, a measure of those either employed or not employed and looking for work, plummeted by 720,000.
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In footage shared by attorney and independent journalist Aaron Parnas on Thursday, a group of young dancers were nearly crushed when a large panel plummeted to the stage during a live performance or rehearsal.
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This also will be the first time the ball has dropped for a July 4 celebration.
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The first-year pro soccer club dropped a 2-1 home game to One Knoxville, watching the Tennessee side and reigning league champ rally to steal all three points in front of 7,223 fans at Expo Idaho.
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“Nose-dived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nose-dived. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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