tumbling
Example Sentences
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In the early hours of February 19, 2025, the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket was tumbling back to Earth when it exploded into a fireball that made headlines from the UK to Poland.
From Barron's
He and Chip and Katherine seemed to be tumbling through the outer nothingness, but tumbling toward a vague hint of light, far off in the distance.
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At the edge of the rain forest was a wide rock pool with a waterfall tumbling into it, and on the other side of the pool was the garden.
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Mergers are one obvious way that shipping giants can add to their overall capacity at a time when freight rates and container volumes are tumbling.
From Barron's
Mergers are one obvious way that shipping giants can add to their overall capacity at a time when freight rates and container volumes are tumbling.
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