Of course, after the initial plunge, one gets used to icy waters, too.

After the initial plunge, we turned south on the two-lane highway that follows the shoreline.

He was still on the bank, pacing back and forth, avoiding the initial plunge, as he often did.

Once you took that initial plunge, everything else was easier.

There's a lot of hesitation for making that initial plunge.

It was, the police estimated, already five minutes beyond the eight or so minutes after the initial plunge.

The initial plunge of 88 percent, to $1.625, wiped more than $2.3 billion off the company's value.

This design offered an initial plunge five meters higher than the government ride.

The market's initial plunge was aggravated by the lack of standing orders to buy at prices slightly below the market, some traders said.

The recorder would also indicate what forces the plane's crew and passengers were experiencing during the rapid initial plunge.