fall over
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Gravitational interactions between neighboring moons can cause heating levels to rise and fall over time.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
In the next 48 hours, 50mm of rain is expected in many areas and more than 100mm of rain could fall over high ground towards the east.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Two-legged robots have a tendency to fall over and “need human intervention to get back up,” like tortoises fallen on their backs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
Sometimes the bot would fall over, after which an engineer would wheel over a robot hoist and pick the bot back up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
We’d seen him babbling and walking cockeyed down the road, leaning over so far you keep thinking he’ll plumb fall over.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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