tumbling

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Oil prices retreated sharply, with Brent crude futures declining 9.1% and West Texas Intermediate tumbling 11%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It has been 9,113 days since they were relegated - by a 3-2 defeat at Aston Villa on 5 May 2001 - with the Sky Blues then tumbling to the brink.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Instead, we talked for hours, our words tumbling over each other like we’d been rehearsing for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

They had dropped 18.7% in March through Monday, which would be the worst month since tumbling 20.2% in November 1999.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

A shuffling and scuffling came from deep in the garbage mound; then Nine and Little Two came tumbling out, one after the other.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman