In New York City, that sent the number of students scoring proficient in English plummeting to 42% this year from 69% in 2009.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foes Turn Up the Heat on Schools Chief] Reference

In “The Waking Life of Angels, ” a woman is haunted by a recurring premonition; one of a person plummeting from a great height.    From Wordnik.com.  [DC Comics for February 2010 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News] Reference

Clearly the idea of plummeting off a mountain road, into.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

Now the Internet company has to live with the consequences -- namely a plummeting stock price and irritated investors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vehicle by Any Other Name?] Reference

Photographic records of WW II show B-24’s plummeting from the sky with two wings folded upward like those of a butterfly.    From Wordnik.com.  [ROBERT JOHN HARRON] Reference

But selling the shares will, naturally, send the price of the shares plummeting, which is something no company official wants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mother Talkers] Reference

As a result, according to The Times, one FCO official has described morale as "plummeting".    From Wordnik.com.  [The end of a love affair?] Reference

Well, sure MH, but the "plummeting" storyline is a lot more exciting to read about than some methodological adjustment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: Obama's Lead Drops By Nine Points In North Carolina, But Hillary Still Trails By Double Digits] Reference

But then a case of meningitis sent his weight plummeting down to 125 pounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jacob Knospler: 'I'm a Marine. I Had to Go In and Help Them.'] Reference

Agricultural income is plummeting owing to competition from China and Southeast Asia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rebel Rich] Reference

It had all become too much -- the criticism, the travel and the plummeting stock price.    From Wordnik.com.  [You've Got New Management] Reference

His comments sent the dollar plummeting further, to record lows against the euro and the yen.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE DOLLAR DELUGE] Reference

For now, the plummeting dollar has dampened the fervor of last year's U.S. debate on the yuan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not Quite So Cheap] Reference

The U.S. economy is plummeting like a stone ... and W. is going to be in big trouble next year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

Toyota, Nissan and Mazda have all opened assembly plants at a time when domestic car sales are plummeting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stormy Weather Ahead] Reference

They are most troubled not by the shortfall of new scientists but by their plummeting caliber of scholarship.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sexing Up Science] Reference

Less than six months after the new Democratic-controlled Congress took office, the ratings started plummeting.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Odd Couple] Reference

But the brokers 'thrills couldn't match that of plummeting out of a downsized job into a shrinking safety net.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life In The Virtual Year] Reference

De Villepin, utterly isolated with his approval ratings plummeting, feels he cannot bend lest he lose even more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seen on the Streets] Reference

The plummeting profits of oil companies please people who think profits represent economic success but moral failure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Good Bad News] Reference

Meanwhile, most Americans are paying more attention to the plummeting market than to questions about Bush's financial past.    From Wordnik.com.  [West Wing Story: Handshake Capitalism] Reference

A disappointing earnings report by Texas Instruments Inc. sent its stock price plummeting by 5 3/4 late in the day on Friday.    From Wordnik.com.  [So Why Is No One Cheering?] Reference

Its ability to overcome the force of gravity and halt a plummeting financial-services stock may only add to the firm's legend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bargain Hunting Billionaires] Reference

Prices are plummeting as more and more players jump into the game, many of them unknown names out of Taiwan and mainland China.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Graduate Moves On] Reference

But while the Irish Enya sells 20 million albums, the number of people speaking Welsh, Irish, Gaelic or Breton keeps plummeting.    From Wordnik.com.  [SNAP JUDGEMENT: BOOKS] Reference

The scenery is spectacular, with the Dinaric Alps plummeting into seas that are often exquisitely clear and pos-sibly even clean.    From Wordnik.com.  [Escape To The Balkans] Reference

March 1943: To fight a plummeting birthrate, Nazis introduce the death penalty for doctors who perform abortions on Aryan mothers.    From Wordnik.com.  [How The Evil Began, And How It Spread] Reference

Ever since he became Japan's prime minister in September, he's struggled to buoy his plummeting popularity amid mishaps and scandals.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Burden of Japan] Reference

More Americans are dying, Iraqi support for the occupation is plummeting and the administration knew something dramatic had to change.    From Wordnik.com.  [About-Face In Iraq] Reference

Japan Inc. 's long losing streak has shrunk the economy to its 1995 size and sent stocks plummeting to levels not seen since the mid-1980s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Learning From The Student] Reference