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to go to a lower level especially abruptly
sales figures for existing homes dived dramatically when mortgage rates skyrocketed
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Recent Examples of dived
Emotions — Higbee’s, teammates and Rams coaches and staff — exploded after Higbee caught a pass and dove across the goal line in the fourth quarter for the go-ahead touchdown in a 19-9 victory at MetLife Stadium.
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Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
As Smith attempted to throw an incomplete pass on first down, Cooper dove into the back of his right leg, causing the quarterback's knee to hyperextend as his cleat got caught in the turf.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
As a result, the helo dove into a crash that left Josie not only dazed, but with a very broken left leg.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Dec. 2024
Reigns fought off all the heels and dove onto the heels, shades of babyface Roman Reigns.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
My friend Amy joked that Patricia dove down to the Titanic to find this particular panel.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
Eventually, Joey and Jenna dove into their performance and delivered a perfect routine that was up to both judges and audience's standards.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
But Harris dove into the race fairly undefined, despite being the sitting vice president.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
As Russian sailors dove for cover, one of the Aeroprakt A-22s—apparently operated by the Ukrainian intelligence directorate—plowed into a clutch of warships moored side-by-side along a pier.
—David Axe, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dived
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Then, the country's population plunged by at least 30 million people.—
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In March, 2000, the dot-com bubble finally burst, and during the subsequent eighteen months the Nasdaq plunged about seventy per cent, inflicting huge losses on those who had got in near the market top.—
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But within a year, Murder, Inc. was felled by a federal indictment—Gotti and his brother were later cleared of all charges—and struggled to return to chart dominance after rebranding as The Inc. Gotti’s methods were sometimes called into question.—
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Whether that sudden shift befuddled his opponent is unclear, but just 40 seconds later Shang Zhifa was sprawled on the canvas, felled by a vicious right hand.—
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But Adebayo’s outside shooting has dipped along with just about every other aspect of his offense this year.—
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Shares of alcohol manufacturers including Molson-Coors and Anheuser-Busch initially dipped more than 1% following the advisory.—
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“Dived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dived. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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