fell out

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"The strings just fell out," says Clifford Cheung, professor of theoretical physics and director of the Leinweber Forum for Theoretical Physics at Caltech.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

When the bull market turned three years old in October, investors started rotating into other parts of the stock market, and tech fell out of favor for a number of months.

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

The project also fell out of escrow with the prospective buyer, who was unresponsive to repeated extension requests from Ofland, the letter said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Classical gems were hugely popular in the 18th and 19th Centuries and then fell out of favour.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Her body was skeletal and her hair, which had begun to regrow after the coming-of-age ceremony, fell out.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer