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nose dive

noun

  1. a sudden plunge with the nose or front pointing downwards, esp of an aircraft
  2. informal.
    a sudden drop or sharp decline

    prices took a nose dive

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to perform or cause to perform a nose dive
  2. informal.
    intr to drop suddenly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Fani Willis or federal special counsel Jack Smith, those prospects also have taken a nose dive.

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A problem with pitch control also would be consistent with the “nose dive” reported by dozens of onlookers who saw the plane hit Puget Sound.

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Dozens of witnesses saw the plane “nose dive” into Mutiny Bay and helped officials narrow down the crash site.

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Navy crews will use a crane on the barge and the ROV to pull any evidence of the crash from the sea floor, where it landed after a “near-vertical” nose dive, according to the NTSB.

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