11.   Investors sent shares plummeting.

12.   It attracted multimillion-dollar investments from top firms like Microsoft and Intel before revelations of improprieties last year sent it plummeting.

13.   Sugary slogans, chaos among her staff and an alliance with a discredited political party have sent her plummeting from first place to fourth in polls.

14.   The agreement brought heavily subsidized rice, flour and cooking oil, sending prices plummeting.

15.   The group has worried that a world economic slump and a traditional seasonal drop in demand during the second half of the year could send prices plummeting.

16.   The long-awaited rain Sunday and Monday also sent temperatures plummeting.

17.   There, thousands crowded streets and rooftops as the moon covered the sun, darkening clear skies and sending temperatures plummeting.

18.   Witnesses said McMaster ran into trouble when his chute tangled, sending him plummeting to the ground.