tumbling
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But the tightrope coach Brendon McCullum and captain Harry Brook are walking is so precarious after England's Ashes defeat and Brook's Wellington escapades, a defeat here may have sent them tumbling to new depths.
From BBC
Immediately it began to fly apart, sending her and Livingston tumbling.
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Yes, Blair Kinghorn has been a shoo-in at 15 for the longest time, but there are mistakes in his game that tend to come tumbling out when Scotland are under the pump.
From BBC
The gray mass of roiling earth began tumbling, rolling down and away from the summit.
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On “Folded,” Kehlani toggles between contrite and commanding, weaving her vocals around a guitar line that moves like a Slinky tumbling down a staircase.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.