fall out

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Past incidents show how quickly digital records and physical reality can fall out of sync.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

That scientist was annoyed that the scraps of paper he used to mark hymns for his church choir would fall out by Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Some mock drafts have the senior guard as high as being picked No. 5 overall after concerns she might fall out of the first round entirely before this season.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Campbell’s could fall out of the market-cap-weighted index at the next reshuffle if its ranking stayed low.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Maya wondered whether, if she shook Joaquin, all the thoughts he’d been holding in would fall out of him like candy out of a pinata.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway