falling

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"Pay for kids to become electricians, pay for apprenticeships for real skills that we need. Our granite heritage is falling apart."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Shares of Citi, the third-largest U.S. bank by assets, initially rose before falling as much as 1.5%.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Named after 19th-century economist William Stanley Jevons, the paradox states that increased efficiency leading to falling costs can actually increase consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

VPNs protect sensitive data, such as passwords and financial information, from falling into the wrong hands.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

The possibility of a closed brain injury is why doctors fuss if you bang your head falling off a bicycle or crashing a car or getting hit hard in the head with anything.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman