fell for
Example Sentences
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Canadian retail sales in July fell for the first time this year, declining 0.7% from June, but an early tally of receipts indicates sales recovered in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
One trader whose "heart sank" when she discovered she had lost money, said that despite spotting scams regularly, the multiple emails she exchanged were "so realistic" that she fell for one.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
And yet grocery prices in July rose just 2.7%, and the official food price index actually fell for the month.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
There were sell signals from similar levels last November and January, and only the second one gained traction, but the stock eventually fell for a few months.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
He was not, she reflected as she backed out of the garage, the kind of boy who usually fell for serious, intellectual girls like Pearl.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
