fall back
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And within a few races, you realise that your upgrade doesn't work and you fall back and you're just third on the road.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
A fall back below that support level could “reinforce the bearish structure” and so Ceresna suggests opening an option trade called a bear put spread, to capture a modest further fall for the stock.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
What Baldwin is lamenting is our tendency to fall back on binaries — right and wrong, good and evil — rather than to struggle with complexity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Poor families that could afford only potatoes would have nothing to fall back on when the crop gave out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
He slid off the wagon with that same fluid grace and signaled the still-spooked knuckleskull to fall back.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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