fall

Example Sentences

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But it took just three for them to fall behind, the Italians breaking down the defence far too easily to create an overlap for Ostuni Minuzzi down the right wing.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

“Mechanically, implied correlation tends to fall when investors expect stocks to move more independently, rather than purely as a single macro trade,” Holzer told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

When oxygen levels fall, river health can deteriorate, putting fish and other freshwater species at risk.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

The country has slipped behind the United Kingdom to the sixth place according to IMF data, largely due to the rupee's fall.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

In Deadwood, the leaves grew in a perpetual state of fall: crisp and colorful and lazily slumping toward the forest floor.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman