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[fawl] / fɔl /






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When we are together, I’ll fall asleep earlier between like 11 p.m. and midnight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Boston Beer now expects depletions to fall at a mid-single digit rate this year, versus its prior guidance for the metric to fall between a low-single-digit and mid-single-digit rate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

A year on from the fall of el-Fasher, the trauma of this dark period in Sudan's civil war is still painfully sharp.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Here are some recommendations for what to read, watch, and cook this evening that my colleagues are pretty confident won’t fall outside your margin of error:

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

A great blow or fall would be the end of what little was left of his life.

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

Mi-ok rushes outside, where her wedding ring falls off, and a man who has just pulled up in the parking lot turns on his headlights and finds it for her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Basically, you might not make as much with quality relative to momentum when the market is rising, but you also lose a lot less when the market falls.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

As dusk falls near the woods edging his land outside Nuneaton in Warwickshire, the birds emerge to hunt over fields he has spent years managing.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, unintentional injuries, including those caused by falls, are among the leading causes of death in adults aged 65 and older.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Jonesy’s mouth falls open again as Mike Winslow turns all the way around in his seat, fully engaged now.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

The stock fell more than 13% after the grocer cut its profitability targets for the year, expecting the protests in France to cast a pall over sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Among participants in the least active group, scores fell by an estimated average of 0.478 points each year.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

It was a smashing evening, and I fell asleep that night deeply grateful for my 55 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

But regardless of the reason, the upshot was that even as the market-cap weighted S&P 500 fell sharply, the majority of equities within it rose, with the advancers beating decliners by 173.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

We fell back, and Charlie came in the door.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

And while coffee futures have fallen this year, more than half of coffee roasters surveyed say they plan to raise prices next year, writes Myra Saefong.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

"There have... been many cases of acute respiratory infections in Indonesia, partly because the rain has not fallen for a prolonged period."

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Since then they have fallen fast with financial problems, points deductions and the drop to the third tier, leaving the club up for sale.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

In the title song, he provides a deceptively sweet melody but sings with a voice-cracking rasp, “I’ve fallen out of grace . . . / The sea has no mercy and I’m terrified of waves.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The computer screen started counting down from ten, and together we raced for the platform, leaping over fallen equipment and rubble that got in our way.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

They had their best day in more than a year with the 10-year note’s yield falling sharply to well below 5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

US Treasuries were also in demand, with yields falling from two-decade highs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

On the whole, falling birthrates could be a mixed bag for corporate America.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Against Sri Lanka, England somehow lost from what seemed an impregnable position, their bowling and fielding falling apart amid a growing realisation they were in danger of failing to defend a target of 430.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

I just couldn’t see anything funny about falling in the well.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls


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