fallen
Example Sentences
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Bird felt it was critical that her children learn what she hadn’t known about money and avoid the same traps she had fallen into.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
Since January, PayPal’s stock price has fallen by more than 20%.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Non-defence spending in the proposed budget has fallen by 10%, or about $73bn.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
OpenAI has fallen behind its rival Anthropic in the race to win over new business customers, leading Simo to oversee an effort to refocus the company’s resources so it can catch up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Probably crews with chain saws would have to come and cut through fallen logs before Dad could drive the car back into camp.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.