fall away
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A few minutes after liftoff, its two halves will separate and fall away, allowing Roman to continue its journey into space.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Temperatures will begin to fall away by the weekend, although at their lowest they will still be average or a little above average for mid-August.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Read together, these novels circle the questions posed by “Lord of the Flies”: What are we human beings once the familiar social structures that sustain us fall away?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
When the thing dies, the worms fall away to reveal that it wasn’t always a demon, but a boar god felled by a dark force.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
In the city we were divided by faction, by age, by history, but here all those divisions fall away.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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