fell back
Example Sentences
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Gold fell back below $4,400 a troy ounce, while bitcoin extended gains to trade close to $82,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Brent crude contracts slipped more than 2% to around $102.50 a barrel while WTI crude futures fell back below $100 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The yield on the benchmark bond fell back to about 4.96%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
It fell back for a few weeks but is once again over the $100 mark after a fresh escalation in hostilities.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
They both turned to me, and I fell back on the only way I’d learned to handle big problems—I made a dash for the door and left.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
