A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft.
1 But the market was less sanguine and stocks took a nose dive .
2 The plane almost flipped over and did nose dive into the deck.
3 How did the aircraft not go back into a nose dive right away?
4 Meanwhile, HTC has seen its sales nose dive over the last couple of years.
5 In recent years his recording career took a nose dive .
6 For decades, major labels have watched record sales nose dive .
7 But you could hold my legs to keep me from doin' a nose dive .
8 So this aircraft has a problem, but it is in an uncontrolled nose dive situation.
9 As a rule the pilot makes a sharp nose dive before he loops the loop.
10 At that time a spinning- nose dive was a manifestation of hard luck-likea German shell.
11 After February 1992 Mr Dunne's already troubled relations with his siblings took a nose dive .
12 The doctor's untrammelled thoughts began to climb high, spin, nose dive and loop the loop.
13 The machine will come out in three-quarters of a turn with practice, into a straight- nose dive .
14 With the utmost difficulty Alfred succeeded in preventing her from taking a nose dive into the sea.
15 There was a sudden swerve that ended in a nose dive , straight toward Venus seven miles below.
16 Major retailers say this month's consumer confidence nose dive was expected but the downturn is still alarming.
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