Example Sentences

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He observed that from early 2021 to about 2024 silver inventories had been dropping at big exchanges in London, New York, Shanghai and China.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025

Indeed, measles vaccination rates had been dropping for many years before the pandemic came along.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2025

Alex Hiniker, an independent expert with the Forum on the Arms Trade, said casualties had been dropping worldwide before the 2011 uprising turned civil war in Syria.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023

Friends and loved ones told reporters that Newman, 61, had been dropping off gifts at a community center.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2022

At the day-care center down the hill, parents had been dropping off their children, and the children were playing on swings.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston