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nosedive

[nohz-dahyv] / ˈnoʊzˌdaɪv /




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Although I had already consulted with three orthopedic surgeons, Drew, who married me despite my nosedive in the parking lot, wanted me to see Dr. Bert Mandelbaum at Cedars-Sinai.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The plane then hurtled into a nearly minute-long nosedive, plummeting almost three miles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

But months later, when the show aired, she said she took "a total nosedive" with everything.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

Elite LIV Golf players have seen their world rankings nosedive, complicating their ability to qualify for golf's four major championships, whose fields are largely determined by rankings.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

Their fighting had gotten worse after Celia’s grades took a nosedive and she didn’t get into the honors track for high school.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The Sun leads with a "£20m crash probe" after "two pilots steered away from buildings and ejected before the Hawk T2 nosedived and exploded near RAF Valley, North Wales, last month".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

A small plane carrying three people, one a child, nosedived into San Jose traffic on Saturday afternoon, according to local news reports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

That is six without a victory now, the worst run since 2018-19, when form nosedived after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was confirmed as permanent manager.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Chief Financial Officer Roxanne Warner said U.S. consumer confidence nosedived to historically low levels, driven by worries over the rising cost of living, after the war began Feb. 28.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

The U.S. jobs market has shown surprising strength in the past few years, even as hiring nosedived in response to higher tariffs, a decline in immigration and general economic uncertainty.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

One video showed a drone nosediving toward one of the warehouses as air-raid sirens rang out and a loudspeaker announcement instructed employees to seek shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Digital-asset funds experienced a significant downturn in the fourth quarter, with the average fund nosediving 19.2%.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

He was appointed as central bank governor in 2014 by then-President Goodluck Jonathan, with Mr Buhari reappointing him in 2019, despite the economy nosediving under his tenure.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2023

Only this time, most of the butterflies had died inside the envelopes by the time the guests opened them — and the few that survived ended up nosediving into the fountain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

He added that “an adequately trained pilot could have quickly averted the crises” using other tools in the cockpit to override the errant system and save the nosediving planes.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022


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