Definitions
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- verb make a power dive
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Examples
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My own health did a power-dive, and that episode took a two-year chunk out of my life.
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The sensation was very much like that he had once experienced in the course of a power-dive over the ocean.
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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Before he could frame any questions, his guide said hastily, "I must get back on duty," and disappeared in a graceful power-dive, leaving Gibson alone with his thoughts.
The Sands of Mars Clarke, Arthur C. 1951
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Musgrave then called three consecutive power-dive plays, the first two by Harvin, a receiver who's powerful beyond his 184 pounds.
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Harvin is immensely talented and powerful beyond his 184 pounds, but it did seem strange to hand him the ball on power-dive plays on consecutive snaps from the 5- and 2-yard lines.
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Add to this the markets going into a power-dive every time he speaks.
Latest Articles 2009
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Add to this the markets going into a power-dive every time he speaks.
Latest Articles 2009
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Twitchy got over-excited when he spotted the word “nut” on here, running around madly, finally mistaking my own rear aperture for DocChuck’s and after a power-dive is now stuck.
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A peregrine can power-dive two hundred miles an hour; it's the fastest living creature in existence -- "
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A peregrine can power-dive two hundred miles an hour; it's the fastest living creature in existence -- "
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