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If Chinese import demand continues to recover, more of the burden of adjusting global consumption would fall on the rest of the world, Capital Economics said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Do you think they are going to fall on their swords?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
You hope you don’t work this hard at a thing for it to fall on deaf ears, and I know how microwavable music has been, but I believe the cream rises to the top.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
For decades, mathematicians have tried to prove the Riemann hypothesis, which says that 100% of the nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function fall on a single vertical line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
"I'm going to fall on the ice in front of hundreds of people!"
From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene
