free fall
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“Cereal appears to be in a financial free fall; sales have been declining for years,” the authors report, partly because new products such as protein bars offer greater convenience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The equivalence principle says that gravity should effectively vanish locally for an observer in free fall.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
When he’s unsteady, every leap is perilously close to a free fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
While it certainly appears the stock is in free fall, a quick turnaround certainly is possible.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
White sheets of wind blasted in every direction, scattering the lifeboats, lifting me out of my free fall and propelling me across the ocean.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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