fall
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In Test cricket, the second ball of the over has seen the most wickets fall on 11,866 occasions, followed by the fifth ball with 11,787 wickets.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
But the JPMorgan team estimated that will fall to a range of 1.2 to 1.3 humanoids.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
On the downside, if the stock fell 5%, the ETF would fall 10%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
After Gaddafi's fall in 2011, American and Scottish investigators went to Libya in search of new evidence in the case.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Well, my ears are about to fall off,” Helen says, rubbing her earlobe.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
But the show truly starts when it falls apart with technical mishaps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
However, it’s more a question of whether your short- to medium-term spending falls short of your income.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Bitcoin’s rise comes as the DXY dollar index falls 0.2% to 98.798, staying just shy of Thursday’s three-month low of 98.557.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This year, however, the percentage increase is highest in the first round, then falls in every subsequent round.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The akrafena vibrates, flips out of my grip, and falls into Autumn’s other hand—so she’s dual-wielding her Amazon sword and Asase’s akrafena.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Instead, the measurements fell almost exactly in the region where Newton's theory and Einstein's theory agree.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Dick’s second-quarter profit fell to $315 million, or $3.50 a share, from $381 million, or $4.71 a share, a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Both main contracts fell more than two percent Monday as Bessent's comments appeared to suggest the US will hold off military action, but they ticked higher in early Asian trade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The sport and fashion retailer cut its full-year profit guidance as second-quarter sales fell due to pricing pressure and a weak U.S. performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Her mouth fell open and she grabbed my hand.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Rich Privorotsky, head of Delta One trading at Goldman Sachs, told clients in a desk note published Monday that this index had now fallen 40% since the end of June.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Demand for high-horsepower farm equipment in North America—a market Deere dominates—has fallen precipitously since 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The chip giant's shares, along with those of rival SK hynix, peaked in June on optimism for the artificial intelligence boom, but have since fallen amid investor jitters and a broader tech rout.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, have fallen to their lowest levels on record.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
“It’s under one of the fallen trees,” he said.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Gravity is best known as the force that pulls objects toward Earth, but its role extends far beyond falling apples.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
The unemployment rate kept steadily falling, to 3.5% by 2020, reaching levels far below what Warsh or even his most optimistic colleagues thought was likely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Rain falling on land looks for a place to drain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The areas most at risk are southern England and Wales, where heavy rain falling on dry and hard ground may bring the risk of localised flooding.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
I tried to ride on the back of the sled but I was too sick and kept falling.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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