fall back
Example Sentences
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Without a large increase in rotation after each encounter, the time required for the stripped material to fall back toward the black hole remains relatively steady.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
It felt a bit like the old team-building exercise where people fall back into other arms, except with 4,000-pound vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
That leaves you with enough money, roughly, to 90, and then you’d have only your guaranteed income to fall back on.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Originally part of a 2025 mission to launch a pair of lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies, the rocket was supposed to fall back to Earth.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
He would have to fall back on scrapping.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
