fallback

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Unified is exploring an idea to create regional hubs at which parents could drop off students — as a fallback for families with no other child-care options, according to sources with knowledge of the planning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

That means when fertilizer prices jump, corn becomes the more expensive bet and soybeans the cheaper fallback.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

And, in the short term, experts say, coal remains the most readily available fallback.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Kyiv, lacking funding and access to enough sophisticated weapons, has turned to balloons as an inexpensive fallback option that comes with an asymmetric advantage in the form of local wind patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

His fallback plan is yet another forced march, this one to the city of Danville, where more than a million rations are supposed to await.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly