fall back
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He explained that Too Young to Grieve helped people "build friendships so you have a community around you that you can fall back on".
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
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
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
He let the flap fall back down, and the hatch disappeared into the rest of the dusty, gritty floor.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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