Verb She fainted and slumped to the floor. Exhausted, he slumped down into the chair. His shoulders slumped forward in disappointment. Real estate prices slumped during the recession. Noun The economy's been in a slump since last year. They've been in a slump ever since they traded their best player. He's in a batting slump. See More
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Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum, Citigroup is signaling crude oil could collapse to $65 a barrel by the end of the year and possibly even slump to $45 by the end of 2023, if a recession brings on a destruction in the demand for energy. Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 5 July 2022 If the Fed raises rates so much that the demand for loans evaporates, new deposit creation will plummet, and monetary growth will slump. John Greenwood, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022 Chipmakers slump after state media published a commentary saying regulators will show no tolerance in cracking down on speculators in the chip market. Olivia Tam, Bloomberg.com, 6 Aug. 2021 And this pressure further raises the risk of a recession in coming quarters as housing sales slump, refinancing stops, and builders feel pinched. Paul Swartz, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2022 Frozen debris lobes are like a landslide in slow motion, huge chunks of rock, soil, ice and trees that slowly slump down slopes. Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022 Over the past seven days, the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency has dropped 33%, causing its total market cap to slump from $580 billion to $370 billion. Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 18 June 2022 Even with that government aid in mind, Andrew Goodwin, the chief Britain economist at Oxford Economics, expects consumer spending will slump in the second half of the year.New York Times, 8 June 2022 Some Lakers players were bothered by how regularly James’ shoulders would slump and how his head would hang after botched opportunities to score or defend.Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022
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Ted Lasso ran into that problem and had a bit of a sophomore slump. As Told To Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022 Call it a slump, lethargy, or a stubborn case of the blahs. Samantha Vincenty, SELF, 29 Aug. 2022 One slip, one mistake, one bad slump, one serious injury, one outburst of rage in the face of racist taunts, and he likely would have been gone. Jonathan Eig, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2022 In the mid-’90s, her sales began to decline steadily, dragged down by a long economic slump and changing tastes that forced many haute couture designers, including Ms. Mori, to retrench.New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022 Natural gas prices jumped following a production slump during the pandemic, as well as shortages due to the war in Ukraine. Tami Luhby, CNN, 19 July 2022 The biggest decline occurred in the 2007-2009 slump, when the S&P 500 fell 57%. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 15 June 2022 Maya Brady rallies past a sophomore slump to the World Series.Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022 Second books can often fall victim to the sophomore slump phenomenon, where the author has put so much of themself into their first offering that there’s not enough inspiration left over for the follow-up. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2022 See More