fall back
Example Sentences
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The question is whether it’s a pause or a more sustained fall back down to Earth.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
It’s easy enough in theory to fall back on the principle, “well, too bad — let this be a lesson to you!”
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
It depends on China for 75% of its fertiliser and has almost no domestic production to fall back on.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
In new forecasts, the central bank said that if energy prices fall from current levels relatively soon, inflation would pick up to 3.6% by the end of this year, but fall back in 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Having to fall back would be worse than just accepting my fate now and hopping forward if I proved to be as good a student as I had convinced Mr. Grant I was.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
