When the economy nosedives as dramatically as ours has recently, it is to be expected that social paradigms will follow suit.
His popularity and that of his party has nosedived as he has been taken to task for breaking election promises on everything from student tuition fees to VAT and spending cuts.
"The most pathetic sight was of the tank trying to climb up a dirt ramp built at the site, getting stuck, and then sliding sideways off the ramp like a drunken sailor," Mr Nawaz writes, implying that America was planning to deliver inferior equipment that was unsuited to the terrain.General Zia's plane nosedived as it was returning to the capital, Islamabad, and exploded on impact.
The common toad (Bufo bufo) and the alpine newt (Mesotriton alpestris) have taken a nosedive as well.
They're active into old age, too: "Hadza are maintaining high activity levels in their 60s and 70s, whereas physical activity levels in the west tend to nosedive as we get older," Raichlen says.
Value investors, on the other hand, saw the real estate market's impending nosedive as an opportunity to scoop up undervalued properties or capitalize on unforeseen opportunity.
As the stock market nosedived, Johnson addressed a message directly to young people, as if he was terrified of their anger, assuring them they would still be able to travel and find jobs in other European countries.
But her career nosedived after a dispute with a studio head.
The Lions fell to 7-4, and Suh's reputation took a nosedive as he showed a national television audience why he has been described as a dirty player.
The move to appoint an Ebola czar comes as polls show public confidence in the administration's response efforts to Ebola has nosedived, and as fears about the spread of the virus has dramatically increased.
