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In South Holland, of which Spalding is a part, the rate is almost double that, at 53%, a drop from 75 to 35.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The drop below the trend line, as shown in chart above, is another sign that the current selloff is different than the more recent ones.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
"SolarStratos takes another step towards its ultimate goal: reaching the stratosphere aboard a crewed electric and solar-powered aircraft, without using a single drop of fossil fuel."
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
That is a drop from 710 to 515.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
"And Blizzard has a crack in one of his forepaws. He can drop out anytime," my father said.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Meanwhile, employees have been jolted by sharp drops in the value of stock-based pay that could take years to recover.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
His Test average of 30.14 drops to 28 against Australia and 15 against both England and India.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Whenever the market drops, I check our accounts before I check my email.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The Chargers’ Justin Herbert fumbles the ball and throws an interception in the fourth quarter of a 23-17 loss to the Denver Broncos that drops them to 0-5.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
And yet it happened, this day, and the next, and the next, until an awed little group of spectators stood around watching the drops fall onto the daily rations of bread.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Shares of the cloud communications company dropped below their current 50-day moving average.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
It was later dropped after medical experts concluded the patient's condition was so severe that they would have died regardless of the issues caused by the cyber-attack.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
He dropped out of contention after finding he couldn’t compete with Shirley Temple Black and Pete McCloskey, the eventual winner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The other shoe dropped last night, when the Wall Street Journal reported she has not passed the bar in the U.S., a revelation Zacharia seemingly confirmed on Thursday.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
“I managed to snag it after you dropped it. The boar did try to impale me too, but… perks of being a ghost, and all that.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Humphrey Dolittle of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, who “ſuddenly dropt down in the Street, and inſtantly expired” on Jan. 7, 1763.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020
“I was inclined by my genius from childhood to the love of antiquities,” he writes, “and my Fate dropt me in a countrey most suitable for such enquiries.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2017
So with that intent, one dropt on our starboard side called the la Fue and the other dropt on our larboard side called the Doubtable, they kept a very hot fire for some time.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2010
And then a spasm constricted her mouth for an instant: as it passed away she turned and left the room, and so did I. Neither of us had dropt a tear.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Emma was more than half in hopes of Mr. Elton’s having dropt a hint.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
“It’s large,” he said, his voice dropping an octave, registering concern.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Social media is full of videos joking about middle-aged parents dropping everything when they hear a few notes from the game's familiar ocarina melodies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
By the end of session, the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite and the S&P 500 had both logged their biggest one-day declines since July, with the Nasdaq sliding 1.9% and the S&P 500 dropping 1.1%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
But after dropping two straight games in Milwaukee, they are running out of time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Your mom left some money and said we could order takeout if we wanted,” Gibby said, waving the menu in the air before dropping it on the nightstand.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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