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is plunging

  • present progressive of plunge (3rd person singular).

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When the market is plunging, you don’t care about buying the lowest implied volatility.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Major League Baseball, the professional league still reckoning with its biggest betting scandal in decades, is plunging into the newest forum for wagers on sporting events: the prediction markets.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

The Parker Solar Probe is plunging into our star's outer atmosphere, enduring brutal temperatures and extreme radiation.

From BBC Dec. 23, 2024

"The dollar is plunging toward levels that prevailed before the Fed started hiking, and we're seeing risk-sensitive currencies melt up on a global basis."

From Reuters Jul. 14, 2023

She is plunging soundlessly through the night sky, toward the mirrored darkness of the sea.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black