fall
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Ideally, I would want to see each car spend more of its day carrying paying riders, while costs per car fall as the fleet grows.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
China’s population will fall below the U.S.’s in about a century, Jesús Fernandez-Villaverde of the University of Pennsylvania, who specializes in demographics, calculates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Savage hopes the party will help people fall in love with queer and trans DJs who usually create music in their bedrooms and rarely get to play their music to the club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
"What we think both we and the consensus missed was the sharp fall in server-related shipments in September 2025, which created a low base and amplified this year's headline growth."
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
It seemed easier to run my fingers up and down the keys following the rise and fall of the notes on the page.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Blame for a crisis often falls on the incumbent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
What will you tell me to do the next time the market falls 30%?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
That’s thanks to a climactic moment in “The Outsiders” musical in which real water falls from the rafters as teen gangs brawl in a fight filled with rain, mud and stage blood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
He says UK public space funding falls well behind countries such as France and Germany.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
I burst out laughing, and her face falls.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
In the second quarter, the energy business’s gross margin — the share of revenue left after production costs — fell to 20.4% from 30.3% the year before.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
U.S. stock futures fell and Treasury yields rose in early European trade, as rising oil prices and a fresh artificial-intelligence wobble combined to weigh on sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
And earlier this week, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said he received an apology from his Ukrainian counterpart, but added that it fell short of Seoul's expectations, according to local reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Accordingly, EV sales in the U.S. fell by 36% in the fourth quarter of 2025 over a year earlier, and down by 27% in the first quarter of 2026 ended March 31.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
He fell asleep watching the silent green boughs of the First Tree, while Wolf sped out of the cave on some mysterious errand of his own.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
However, the Living Planet Report 2026 also found that monitored wildlife populations around the world have fallen by an average of 73% since 1970.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Prominent lawyer Wilson Manase said following the tycoon's death that when he had fallen seriously ill in Dubai, Chivayo flew over to visit him.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The National Center for Education Statistics reported that the number of college graduates in 2003 who could interpret complex texts proficiently had fallen to 31% from 40% in 1992.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Notably, the small-cap index’s performance has fallen behind the S&P 500’s for the year, a sharp reversal from just weeks ago.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
A few faded petals clung now to the new-leafed branches, but most of the Bride’s flowers had fallen, forming a wilted carpet beneath us.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The toy maker faces a falling stock, a departed CEO, and shareholder activists pushing for a sale.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The data also suggests recorded hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity are unchanged or falling.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Royal Mail has announced plans to cut 2,500 head office and other supporting roles by the end of 2027 as it battles competition and falling demand for letter deliveries.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
In contrast with business, households aren’t feeling as bright, with sentiment last month among consumers falling to a five-month low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The other monkeys started shrieking too, and I leaped onto a lower branch, almost falling, my heart thumping like a pounding drum.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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