fall back
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Anthropic also said it had identified large-scale attempts to extract its technology to train competing AI models in authoritarian countries, and these type of queries will also fall back to the less powerful model.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
When SpaceX suffered an explosion in September 2016, it took 15 months to return to service - and SpaceX had other pads to fall back on.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
And now, when Smith doesn’t get a call, he has ABS to fall back on.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
In addition, we would stop ourselves out of this position if the ratios fall back to new lows, below last week’s lows.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
“Brightwood, do you hear me? My god, do you hear me? I need to tell the Forty-Eighth to fall back, immediately, or men are going to die.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
