fall
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You hope you don’t work this hard at a thing for it to fall on deaf ears, and I know how microwavable music has been, but I believe the cream rises to the top.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Jamie Smith: Played a poor shot to fall for 25 on the third morning when runs were there for the taking.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It added that ranchers need to rebuild the US cattle herd -- or demand would have to cool -- in order for beef prices to fall.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Though the official start of fall is nearly a month away, other social-media users are already setting their intentions for the season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
I made up for it with mine and went humming my way though the summer and fall.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Wars come and go, Napoleon rises and falls and these two men remain prisoners of a duty neither seems capable of escaping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
After suffering a stroke nearly a decade ago, she has relied on Wakefield Council's trips and falls service Carelink to help her if she gets into difficulty.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
If its model falls out of favor, a lender left holding it has nothing to sell.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Auto liability and medical claims may be closed without payment for a variety of reasons, including damage that falls below the deductible or an accident investigation that reveals those involved aren’t injured.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
It hits the side of the bin and falls to the floor beside several others.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Columbia House drew further claims of bad business by allegedly refusing to acknowledge payments, discounting items so that users’ purchases fell just below the agreed-upon threshold and being a notoriously difficult subscription to terminate.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
The earlier “Insidious” films benefited from the magnetism of Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, who played the concerned parents of a young boy who fell into the Further’s clutches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The DXY index fell 0.2% to 98.733, staying close to Thursday’s low of 98.557.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Their goalkeeper situation is interesting too, with Japan's Zion Suzuki arriving - he will come in revved up, while Emiliano Martinez looked like he was on his bike until his move to Juventus fell through.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The cerulean blue of Peace fell away next.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
"The first pillar has fallen, and that's the fans, they are disenchanted, they aren't going to back this team and who would?"
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The SSA’s administrative budget has fallen from 1.2% of benefit outlays in 2017 to 0.86% currently, which represents an annual loss of $3 billion in operating revenue, the union said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
This dynamic has been playing out in the Ivy League, for instance, where admission rates have fallen over the past decade-plus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Other countries have fallen victim to debt spirals, where high levels of debt lead investors to demand higher interest rates, in turn fueling more borrowing until eventually a country defaults.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
It was the next month, after a heavy snow had fallen, that my father and I had the terrible accident.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The OBR forecasts that outstanding debt relative to annual economic output will rise in this and the two subsequent fiscal years, before falling slowly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
She also allegedly stated that "she went from a little girl waving an American flag after 9/11 to now having stickers of the falling towers".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Operators pass on the resulting costs by applying low-water surcharges, which they introduce progressively if river levels keep falling.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
In the AI era, this strategy has garnered criticism from investors who believe Apple is falling behind when it comes to things like the infrastructure build-out and platform innovation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
They were in a horrible tangle but he dragged them along the top until he was well below the waterfall, where he scrambled down the bank with the team almost literally falling on him.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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