fall on
Example Sentences
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On second and 7 from his own 10-yard line, Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton lost the ball and had to fall on it in the Vikings’ end zone.
From Los Angeles Times
A fall on Thursday left the racer with a broken nose, lacerations on his cheek and a badly bruised left eye, as well as a sore leg.
From Barron's
Protestations that big spending is justified by Amazon’s fastest growth rate in its cloud-computing unit for the past 13 quarters looked set to fall on deaf ears judging by the initial stock market reaction.
From Barron's
The stock market’s fall on Tuesday reflected investor concerns about concentration risk relating to Big Tech and how investor enthusiasm for AI has contributed to stretched valuations in the market.
From MarketWatch
And software stocks are taking a continued beating on Tuesday, with the iShares Expanded-Tech Software Sector ETF off 5.7% and coursing toward its worst daily drop since a 6.2% fall on April 4, 2025.
From MarketWatch
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