Some of these narratives of injury attest to the glories of modern medicine, the way new surgical techniques have prolonged careers that would have ended precipitously as recently as a decade ago.
Before "The Marriage Ref" has brought out its first couple, it has more immediately evoked another union: the one between Mr. Seinfeld, one of the most popular performers associated with NBC, and the network itself, whose fortunes have declined precipitously since he ended his sitcom and which would pay almost any price to have him back.
Some critics also felt that the book ended "somewhat precipitously", that after the aliens arrived, the crisis was resolved too quickly, giving the impression "that there was at least a good, long chapter missing".
This is described in the report as "a shift from allies to detached supporters," and it does appear that many think the fight is over because marriage equality is law of the land donations to LGBT orgs dropped precipitously after the Supreme Court ended restrictions on same-sex marriages in 2015.
Production as a percentage of total capacity fell precipitously in the aftermath of the last recession, which ended in 2001, and 23 months into the recovery, the upturn has still not come.
The population boom ended abruptly in the mid-1980s, as oil prices fell precipitously.
But now, as chaos envelopes the banking world and consolidation looms, people are wondering if the age of banks upon banks, all over town, is ending as precipitously as it started.
China's last burst of inflation, as the economy overheated in the spring of 2008, ended abruptly when the global financial crisis worsened through the summer and autumn that year and the Chinese export sector slowed precipitously, dragging down the rest of the economy as well.
Greeks, whose standard of living is dropping precipitously with no end in sight, have lost confidence that the bailout will actually save the country from default.
The team then struggled again in the field in 2010, ending the honeymoon for the new ballpark, and attendance figures fell precipitously, with almost 600,000 fewer fans showing up.
