fallback
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A shuttle service that slips oil through the Strait of Hormuz now looks like the kingdom’s best fallback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
With shipping at a standstill in the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for a fifth of the world's oil and gas, the Panama Canal has become a fallback route for energy shipments.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
As progressively less material is stripped from the star, the peak fallback rate also decreases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Without Congress, failed professionals will continue to use college sports as a fallback option — robbing the next class of young athletes of college scholarships,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The words “law school” escaped from my mouth, the fallback answer for many students who have no idea what they want to do with their lives.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
By now, though, many have exhausted those fallbacks and fallen into debt.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023
He added that “even with the fallbacks, we are not sure we’ll have enough to get to Sunday of this week.”
From Fox News ● Apr. 20, 2020
Her fallbacks, Target and Walmart, were no better.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2020
If Smoak bombs out, well, they would have Montero and Jaso as fallbacks at first.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2012
The fallbacks are a pair of retread Ortizes, Ramon and Russ.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2010
