fall short
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About 40% of the plants and animals in protected sites across Northern Ireland fall short of meeting the standard for "favourable condition".
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“Here, we dream big. Sometimes we’ll fall short, but we’re always going to give it our all.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Recent polls suggest Netanyahu’s governing bloc could fall short of the 61 seats needed to command a majority in Israel’s 120-member parliament.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
While representing a slight improvement from the second quarter's 4.3 percent, the reading would fall short of the government's target for this year of 4.5-5.0 percent -- itself the lowest goal in decades.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Sometimes that drives me to work even harder; other times, it fills me with panic to think I might fall short of what we both expect from me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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