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If reservoir levels continue to fall, it allows for larger mandatory water cuts of up to 3 million acre-feet per year in California, Arizona and Nevada — as much as 40% of the combined allotments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
A fall in the dollar means US goods exports become cheaper, but imported goods may become more expensive due to the weaker currency.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It added that ranchers need to rebuild the US cattle herd -- or demand would have to cool -- in order for beef prices to fall.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
They’re styling their homes with pumpkin decor and cozy blankets, showing off fall outfits and partaking in fall drink menus at coffee shops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
It would take us a minute to fall back into our friendship, but then we’d once again be the dynamic duo.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Treasury yields held close to flat after earlier retracing sharp falls that initially followed the Treasury’s surprise bond market intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Wars come and go, Napoleon rises and falls and these two men remain prisoners of a duty neither seems capable of escaping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
This year, however, the percentage increase is highest in the first round, then falls in every subsequent round.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
If its model falls out of favor, a lender left holding it has nothing to sell.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Red soil falls from my dashiki and tumbles back to the ground.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Columbia House drew further claims of bad business by allegedly refusing to acknowledge payments, discounting items so that users’ purchases fell just below the agreed-upon threshold and being a notoriously difficult subscription to terminate.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
“It reminded me about why I first fell in love with the art of film.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
It all fell apart again in 2007, when he liquidated his largest fund after it suffered losses of more than 70%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Egypt forward, a £59m signing from Eintracht Frankfurt in 2025, fell down the pecking order at City last season.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
They fell over the little girl, sobbing with relief.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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This dynamic has been playing out in the Ivy League, for instance, where admission rates have fallen over the past decade-plus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Other countries have fallen victim to debt spirals, where high levels of debt lead investors to demand higher interest rates, in turn fueling more borrowing until eventually a country defaults.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Measured as a percentage of gross domestic product, they note, U.S. defense spending has fallen from previous highs.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
In the last year, the price of Bitcoin has fallen to around £48,000.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
When Annad had finally fallen asleep, exhausted by the excitement, Rowan lay awake in his bed, looking out of the window at the huge bulk of the Mountain.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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Its market share in once-lucrative China is falling, leaving it to look elsewhere for growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Inside, local social worker Satpal Narwat points out the plaster falling from the ceiling.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Operators pass on the resulting costs by applying low-water surcharges, which they introduce progressively if river levels keep falling.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Interest rates more often than not are falling when bull markets approach their final top, not rising.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
He spun around so fast that Tiamat had to grab his sleeve with her teeth to keep from falling off.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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