drop back
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Both main oil contracts sank on Monday, with Brent shedding more than seven percent at one point to briefly drop back below $90.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
In their projections, almost all officials anticipated underlying inflation to be firmer than previously anticipated this year but to drop back over the next two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Oil distributors have urged people to only buy what they need and believed prices could drop back down when events linked to the war settled.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
In early December, the S&P 500 closed 1.5 standard deviations above its 50-day moving average, only to drop back below it less than one week later.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026
‘O.K. I’ll drop back in again before I knock off.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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