fallback

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Appeared in the April 15, 2026, print edition as 'Europe Advances Fallback Plan If U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

To manage which options show up under every search, type Manage Fallback Commands in the search box and hit enter.

From The Verge • Jun. 24, 2022

This is the rallying cry of the #MeToo era, when Leigh Stein's merciless and mordantly funny follow-up to "The Fallback Plan" is set.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2020

Fallback accretion25 of the merger ejecta could account for such long-lived faint X-ray emission; however, the predicted thermal spectrum should not be visible at radio frequencies.

From Nature • Oct. 15, 2017

Bennett is the West's Fallback Candidate, the guy mentioned for every major job that comes open, right up until somebody else gets named.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2011