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noun

Definition of free-fallnext
as in slide

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free-fall

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verb

as in to plummet

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  1. slide
  2. plummet
  3. dive
  4. plunge
  5. skid
  6. precipitate
  7. tumble
  8. collapse
Noun
  • But this close look at the events of the early 1930s suggests the U.S. is much better positioned than Germany was to avoid the slide into authoritarianism for one critical reason.
    Christine Adams / Made by History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Khai was also featured sitting beside her mom on a rollercoaster before the third slide featured her hugging Mickey Mouse.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of slide
Verb
  • But the rate at which all eateries changed their menu prices between the second and third quarters this year plummeted by 26%, the company said.
    J.J. McCorvey, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The company’s brand value has plummeted 42% by $2 billion since last year, according to Kantar’s annual BrandZ list released last month.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of plummet
Noun
  • The female competitors in the 15-16 age group completed four rounds, and the 17-19 age group, including both men’s and women’s competitions, completed two rounds of dives.
    Casey Murphy, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The bar, located right on the slopes, is well-known as being one of the liveliest dives in Arosa.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of dive
Verb
  • At the end of September, Harris was the favorite to win the election, according to Silver's forecast, but at the beginning of October, the vice president saw her chances plunge as Trump made gains in crucial battleground states.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • At the glitzy 2024 LACMA Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles last night, the reality TV star stepped out sporting a plunging, form-fitting white Gucci gown and the Attallah cross pendant that was famously worn by the late royal, CNN reported.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of plunge
Noun
  • The Cowboys are already on a three-game skid, and losing Prescott could not come at a worse time for a team that is trying to stay relevant in the NFC.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Saints head coach Dennis Allen entered this season with everything on the line ... but the team's losing streak extended to a seven-game skid in North Carolina yesterday.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of skid
Verb
  • This may not exactly precipitate some tender moment where Halsey will bring her family out on stage for a bow, but the sheer honesty of the feelings about aging and mortality being expressed here is bracing — and palatable for being so tenderly expressed.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
  • As with much of this season of Love Is Blind, whatever directly precipitated the end of Maramses (Ramrissa?) appeared to happen off-screen.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of precipitate
Noun
  • The fall came less than a month after Olivia Rodrigo took a jarring tumble through the stage during her Guts show in Melbourne — though her fall was at the Rod Laver Arena.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Bananas is the first to take the tumble into the water, undoubtedly bruising his gladiator-size ego.
    Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of tumble
Verb
  • It was reported that a man was trapped under a tractor after a bridge collapsed on the property, which was in unincorporated Woodstock.
    Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The Democrats’ best hope may be that Trump’s minuscule battleground state leads will collapse on contact with the fearsome Harris turnout machine.
    W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
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