fall
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Every other region of England saw the number of NHS dental practices fall.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Fire evacuation warning zones had reached within 1,000 feet of University of Nevada, Reno campus, where 24,000 students are due to begin fall classes on Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Bessent outlined plans to buy more long-dated Treasurys this fall, promised to use the agency’s large “tool kit” to support the market and talked of coming new measures to contain the growing U.S. debt load.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Without a large increase in rotation after each encounter, the time required for the stripped material to fall back toward the black hole remains relatively steady.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
I made up for it with mine and went humming my way though the summer and fall.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Affordable housing quota for London falls to 20%
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Treasury yields held close to flat after earlier retracing sharp falls that initially followed the Treasury’s surprise bond market intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Wars come and go, Napoleon rises and falls and these two men remain prisoners of a duty neither seems capable of escaping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Bonds are like seesaws: When the price rises, the interest rate falls, and vice versa.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
The akrafena vibrates, flips out of my grip, and falls into Autumn’s other hand—so she’s dual-wielding her Amazon sword and Asase’s akrafena.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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After Nell2 levels fell, the neurons became larger and less excitable.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The production of refined oil fell by 5.6% and of plastics products by 4.9% in the first half of 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Castro fell to the ground during the first half of third-tier Real Sport Clube's friendly against top-flight side Estrela de Amadora at the Estadio das Seixas in Lisbon on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Prices of gold, silver, platinum and Bitcoin rose following the Treasury buyback announcement, while the dollar fell.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
As quick as it came, the hum fell away, whisked off by the howling wind of Pain.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Ofgem reported at the end of last winter that customers who had fallen behind on their energy bills owed suppliers a record £4.7bn.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
"The first pillar has fallen, and that's the fans, they are disenchanted, they aren't going to back this team and who would?"
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the day since Mr. Trump’s announcement, the value of Iran’s currency has fallen significantly, exceeding 1.9 million rials to the dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Mark Hulbert described the complex relationship between the stock market and interest rates and explained why the stock market hasn’t fallen significantly, even as long-term rates have shot up.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The marker had fallen and was covered with snow.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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The resulting stellar debris begins falling toward, or "accretes" onto, the black hole.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Its market share in once-lucrative China is falling, leaving it to look elsewhere for growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
After falling into the sea on several occasions, the bird "collapsed" on a boat filled with members of the British Army taking part in a race around Britain and Ireland.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Interest rates more often than not are falling when bull markets approach their final top, not rising.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
We grasped the thick rope, one hand over another, and leaned our bodies back, taking up the song and falling in with the rhythm.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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