tumbling

Example Sentences

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Oil prices rose on Sunday, after tumbling in May on renewed hopes that the Iran war will soon end.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

All over the world, incumbents were tumbling in the wake of the pandemic, and he was among the first of them.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Janet Yellen’s first day landed in an emerging markets selloff, with the S&P 500 tumbling 2.28%.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

But as I crossed a rocky section with some loose boulders, I worried one wrong jerk could send me tumbling, so I dialed down the power.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Autumn, Ama, Woo, and I go tumbling down, into the underground … into an even deeper level of Asamando.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer