When he woke in the morning, just as Sants, Gieve and Darling had suspected, the financial markets were in freefall.

当他早晨醒来时，正如桑茨、基弗和达林所担心的那样，金融市场一落千丈。

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The veteran skydiver was in freefall for four minutes and 20 seconds before opening his red and white parachute and floating down to the desert in the US state of New Mexico.

这位资深的跳伞员以自由落体飞行了4分钟20秒，随后打开了红白相间的降落伞，最终降落在了美国新墨西哥州的沙漠里。

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When a record crowd gathered outside the U.S.Capitol on a crisp January morning in 2009, financial markets were in freefall, and the U.S.economy was shedding 600,000 jobs a month.

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Enough is enough." But Treasury Secretary Geithner insists the $787-billion stimulus package President Barack Obama signed into law in February has worked to stop the plunge of an economy that was in freefall when Mr.Obama came into office.

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Another nerve-wracking way to play Asia is through the currencies, which have been in freefall, too.

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She says some investors are asking if their portfolios contain stocks that are in freefall.

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If Choice Hotels is an organization that's slipping, Carlson is one that's in freefall.

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