tumbling

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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

Oil prices surged overnight which initially sent stocks tumbling to their lows.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were each weighed down by tumbling shares of Meta Platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

That opens up the S&P 500 to the possibility of tumbling into a correction of a least 10% from its 6,978.60, closing record on Jan. 27.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

At the far side of the lake, otters built a slide and were amusing themselves by tumbling down it.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander