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- noun Plural form of
nosedive . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
nosedive .
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Examples
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The city didn't start seeing "nosedives" in sales tax figures until the June 2009 payments.
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PS to Matthew: another good thing about cross country skis is that it would let you escape to the south if the Gulf Stream nosedives and bring on a new Ice Age.
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The gains have left executives poised to win big unless the stock market nosedives.
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It sends more braking force to the front wheels in harder stops, as the car nosedives and shifts more weight onto the front wheels.
$25,000 Family Sedan Shootout: Can a family afford a good car? 2010
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But while the world watched, The Dow Jones drops over 300 points, the Pound nosedives by 4% in a day and UK bank shares tumble once more.
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In Atlas, as the economy nosedives, politicians respond by making policy even worse, which leads to further economic collapse - and even more misguided policy.
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CCTV/Reuters A plane nosedives at an air show in China's Shaanxi province Friday.
Chinese Fighter Jet Crashes at Air Show Brian Spegele 2011
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Every point the greenback nosedives increases the cost of our standard of living.
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The soaring arc of a well-struck drive that settles gently on the distant fairway in your mind becomes the clunking dud that nosedives into the gulley at your feet.
All Fore One: College pals reunite 35 years later at a golf resort Tom Shroder 2010
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When air travel nosedives, as it did over the past two years, carriers jilt airports by dropping routes and frequencies.
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