falls
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One night, Pyle dances with Phuong and falls in love.
"If a missile or drone hits it directly, or even falls somewhere nearby ... it will cause a mini-earthquake in the area," he said.
From Barron's
The law deems them res nullius, which literally means a thing belonging to nobody - so responsibility falls to individual landowners.
From BBC
The analysis, published online in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, found that while tramadol can reduce pain, the improvement is modest and falls below levels typically considered clinically important.
From Science Daily
There’s a whole cottage industry dedicated to determining which 15- and 16-year-olds are going to turn into the best football players in college, but every year someone extraordinary falls through the cracks.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.