drop
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The singer has said the decision to drop Macklemore was made by his promoters, not him.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Value stocks—defined by Trivariate as the cheapest fifth of stocks by forward price/earnings—enjoy some degree of buoyancy after a big drop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But they estimated those trends represented a roughly 8% drop from the same period in 2023, after adjusting for a password-sharing crackdown and geographical mix.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star and causes a small temporary drop in the starlight seen from Earth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Leeuwenhoek took a single drop of water from a rain barrel and turned his microscope on it.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
As Dominic Solanke's run towards goal, Everton's backline drops deep.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Palisades, which drops to 1-4, has a bye next week before beginning Western League play Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The right question was, what happens to the world if the cost of putting something into orbit drops by a factor of 1,000?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Glencore drops 2.01% while BHP’s London-listed shares trade 1.7% lower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Nate drops my elbow and steps to the side, making room for Rhys to wedge himself between us.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Sheeran went on without opening acts, causing the show's start time to be pushed back, after several musicians dropped out over the debacle.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
After Tanook Hines dropped a third-down pass, USC lined up to draw Rutgers offside, and it worked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
A benchmark index dropped around 8.5% for the week, but remains up 17% this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I would say that we have dropped our consistency and our competitive mentality in the second half. We know that small details can be decisive," Alonso said after Brentford added two late goals.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Zara’s watching Nate, who is bent over a 15 hp outboard motor that a customer dropped off for repair.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Humphrey Dolittle of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, who “ſuddenly dropt down in the Street, and inſtantly expired” on Jan. 7, 1763.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020
“I was inclined by my genius from childhood to the love of antiquities,” he writes, “and my Fate dropt me in a countrey most suitable for such enquiries.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2017
So with that intent, one dropt on our starboard side called the la Fue and the other dropt on our larboard side called the Doubtable, they kept a very hot fire for some time.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2010
And then a spasm constricted her mouth for an instant: as it passed away she turned and left the room, and so did I. Neither of us had dropt a tear.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Emma was more than half in hopes of Mr. Elton’s having dropt a hint.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
They were relegated at the end of the 2000-01 campaign and would spend the next 11 seasons in the second tier before dropping down to League One in 2012.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Meanwhile, oil stockpiles continue dropping toward record lows, as highlighted by a new analysis from the S&P Global Energy Fuels and Refining team, which warned “winter is coming for diesel markets.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Adam Parker and his team at Trivariate Research looked at thousands of sharp drawdowns over a quarter century to glean clues about when quickly dropping stocks tend to keep falling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In an interview in July, Regan denied asking the clinics to support his unionization efforts in exchange for dropping Proposition 44.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Oh no,” Clare groaned, dropping his head into his paws.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman