fall
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Phoebe McMahon, a senior who expects to graduate this fall, began attending meetings with the Tulane Recovery Community when she decided to get sober.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Records show Lorre made a nice profit on the sale, having snapped up the home for $9.5 million in fall 2020.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
A total of 2.31 million tonnes of waste was created by households in 2025, which represents a fall of just 1,500 tonnes.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“You’re not dealing with the problem as it is,” he says matter of factly, sitting under an olive tree at a cafe in East Hollywood on an unusually scorching fall day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
I barely had time to fall backward and go into a tuck before I hit the side of a nearly vertical incline and began to tumble.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Under expert guidelines, systolic blood pressure between 130 and 139 mmHg falls into the "high-normal" category, which warrants specific lifestyle recommendations from healthcare professionals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
When Gladwell investigates whether those features actually make a gun more lethal, the case largely falls apart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
If AI capex falls, it’s in the semiconductor sector where the pinch will be felt first.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
December Brent settles down 0.8% at $115.81 a barrel, and the January contract falls 0.9% to $110.74.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
After all, if he had missed, it was a long way down, and frankly, he had already taken far too many falls from great heights in the past few days.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Shares are down nearly 40% this year, and fell nearly 10% on Monday, ending at a record low for the third straight session.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
The research group said its consumer confidence index fell by 6.7 points to 81.9 following two prior months of softening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Mercedes-Benz's vehicle deliveries in China -- last year already at their lowest level since 2016 -- fell a further 29 percent in the nine months to end-September.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
It is now investigating how those sites are being managed, external by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, after it found implementation of the designation fell short.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
She made a grasp for it but missed, and the boy stumbled and fell, splayed over the riverbank.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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And as prices have pulled back from Friday’s peak, RSI has fallen even faster, a sign that sellers now have momentum on their side.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Meanwhile, DoorDash shares have fallen 10% in the last five days, closing around $170 per share on Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Shares of the e-commerce and fintech giant have fallen, putting them at an attractive entry point, the analysts said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
AI-linked stocks have fallen pretty much universally over the past month, and so-called neoclouds like CoreWeave and Nebius have plunged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
And that was when she had fallen in love with the man who became Allun's father, a laughing brown-eyed singer who came to the village one autumn with a troupe of Travelers.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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Metals picked up after falling to “a psychologically and technically important level,” Peter Cardillo of Spartan Capital says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
In a note to clients ahead of earnings, StoneX analyst Mark Palmer wrote that the combination of falling shares and growing sales made the stock look “inexpensive.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
After the youngster's departure in the eighth over, Abhishek helped India cruise towards their target, falling for 113 from 38 balls - which included nine fours and 11 sixes.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Homicides in Los Angeles still are falling, plunging to levels not seen since the 1960s and continuing a dramatic turnaround from the pandemic crime surge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
I tried to ride on the back of the sled but I was too sick and kept falling.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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