fall back
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A fall back below that support level could “reinforce the bearish structure” and so Ceresna suggests opening an option trade called a bear put spread, to capture a modest further fall for the stock.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Unlike Google or Meta, it has no advertising empire to fall back on if business takes a hit, and no cloud business like Microsoft's or SpaceX's.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
But if they don't get a result and you've dropped your best player and your captain, it will fall back on Michael Carrick.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
What Baldwin is lamenting is our tendency to fall back on binaries — right and wrong, good and evil — rather than to struggle with complexity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
We can fall back in place, or somewhere close enough to where we were before.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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