fall back
Example Sentences
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Originally part of a 2025 mission to launch a pair of lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies, the rocket was supposed to fall back to Earth.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
The longer a team leaves it between upgrades, the more they fall back.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Even as investors saw little Fed tightening, they also expected inflation to soon fall back to the Fed’s 2% target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
These streams of cooler gas may then fall back toward the galaxy's center and replenish the black hole's fuel supply.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
“Gwydion orders us to fall back immediately,” the bard went on in great excitement.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
