nosedive

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  1. noun A very steep dive of an aircraft.
  2. noun A sudden, swift drop or plunge: Stock prices took a nosedive.

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  • After you took a nosedive, the Consul sent Marlowe after him. —  EmbracetheNight
  • And while the economy has made a lot of businesses take a nosedive, the u-pick berry farms say they're seeing a tidy profit. —  WEAU - HomePage - Headlines
  • The recent market nosedive, and the subsequent doom-and-gloom news headlines, have been stressful. —  Fool.com: The Motley Fool
  • In the time since Michaels had left the White Sox and seen his career nosedive, the trajectory for Nellie Fox had been exactly the opposite. —  The Hardball Times
  • With hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work and the economy in a nosedive, the U.S. —  WAVY TV
 

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