fall off

Example Sentences

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Then, assuming his career does not fall off a cliff: Cooperstown.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

For example, in the civilian context, when construction workers fall off scaffolds and can’t walk until receiving surgery and physical therapy, their employers have to provide them workers’ compensation.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

The adoption of sound would require a transformation of the industry’s economic structure: Theaters would need to be wired, sound studios would need to be built, foreign sales would fall off a cliff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

This may have been the most overt art-as-protest moment, showing dancers climbing sparking electrical poles, only to fall off and dangle by what looked like snipped wires.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026

“I can’t go, Viola,” I say, low, thru clenched teeth, hating myself a little as I say it, my face turning hot, which weirdly makes a bandage fall off.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness