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League players say they interfere with how the pins would fall naturally, sometimes knocking over pins that should have stayed up or impeding other pins from falling down.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

"Havana is falling down," Estevez's 64-year-old mother Leodiska Canino said flatly.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

The issues highlighted in the report included a poorly positioned accessible toilet which "risked a wheelchair user falling down a flight of stairs".

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

After a charming monologue in which she also sang, Rodrigo played a scheming woman in a “Dynasty”-like nighttime soap opera from the 1980s, “Edge of Destiny,” where people kept falling down the stairs.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2026

She was wearing her pajamas and robe, her hair falling down from what was once a neatly twisted French roll.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English




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