fallback
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Treating that as a casual fallback plan, when they could take a reverse mortgage if need be, seems naive at best, and callous at worst.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
A shuttle service that slips oil through the Strait of Hormuz now looks like the kingdom’s best fallback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The more concentrated flow helps maintain a similar peak fallback rate, and therefore roughly the same predicted flare brightness.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
However that previous head coaching experience was one reason he was brought to Los Angeles as as the Kings’ top assistant in 2024 since it made him an ideal fallback candidate should Hiller falter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Olmsted had begun to think in terms of fallback arrangements.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
By now, though, many have exhausted those fallbacks and fallen into debt.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023
Software companies know full well that almost no one reads these things, so they know they can safely stuff all the legal fallbacks they wish into their texts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2020
And the usual fallbacks when stage shows are scarce — television, film, even waiting tables — are unavailable during this phase of the pandemic.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2020
He added that “even with the fallbacks, we are not sure we’ll have enough to get to Sunday of this week.”
From Fox News ● Apr. 20, 2020
If Smoak bombs out, well, they would have Montero and Jaso as fallbacks at first.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2012
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