the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude
panicked during his first unassisted fall when his parachute's rip cord didn't respond to the first tug
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Verb
On Wednesday, temperatures will still remain abnormally high, although fewer records are expected to fall than in days past.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
7 Oct. 2026 Front Street said last month that pending requests had fallen by more than 90% after vacancies were filled and processes were streamlined.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2026
Noun
This fall will see a rush of new titles from stars as Dustin Hoffman, Trisha Paytas, and Michael Douglas—all narrated by the authors themselves.—
Brian Raftery,
Vanity Fair,
6 Oct. 2026 From October 6 through 7, Prime members can shop millions of items, from fresh fall decor to beauty products.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fall
Almost sounds silly now, with the way the team has stumbled and bumbled its way through the first four games.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Oct. 2026
Of the seven clubs that had 14 or more players from their organizations appear in the WBC, several stumbled early and only the Phillies and Brewers made the postseason.
Rejecting Question Three would send a powerful signal that not every American is ready to succumb to cynicism and propagate the worst parts of our political culture.
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Colin Pascal,
Washington Post,
2 Oct. 2026
Moore succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital later in the morning.
An unusual treat is the co-ed soaking pool, overlooking Lake Mishkin, which allows families to plunge and relax together before or after their treatments, which run the gamut from massage to sound bath to tea ceremonies.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Oct. 2026
GoPro went public at $24 per share five years before that, and has plunged over 94%, as of Monday.
Ambitious mukbang-ers eager to prove their gastronomic stamina descended on Red Lobster locations across the country to consume absurd quantities of shrimp.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2026
The plane descended sharply, losing half its altitude in less than two minutes, before other crew members took control of the Boeing 737 Max and made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said there could be a homestead exemption or a mechanism that ensures people don’t lose their housing.
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Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
2 Oct. 2026
Peggy Tanous isn’t there because she was inexplicably invited to RHUGT instead, and Peggy Sulahian isn’t there because Alex Baskin lost her number the second that season ended.
Israel wages war on childhood because a Palestinian child at play is already trespassing upon the future Israel has reserved for itself.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2026
The Tohono O’odham Nation said that even if construction were contained to the Roosevelt Reservation, driving onto tribal land to access the area still constitutes trespassing.
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Mikella Schuettler,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Aug. 2026
After a concertgoer died in the audience at a Carson music festival on Saturday, an artist is outraged the show continued while the deceased was still on-site.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Oct. 2026
An inmate died in an apparent homicide Tuesday morning after an attack by another prisoner at California State Prison, Sacramento, state corrections officials said.
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