free fall

After a two- or three-second pause, the plane went into “free fall for about eight to 10 seconds,” he said.

He set a record for fastest free fall, descending 127,852 feet at 843.6 mph and becoming the first human to break the sound barrier without the assistance of a vehicle.

HIV infection rates are now in free fall, but people living with the virus continue to rank high in local homeless counts.

A billionaire in free fall — and the receipts are everywhere.

The U.S. government, then run by the Democratic president Barack Obama, came to the rescue of an economy in free fall.