- present participle of tumble.
tumbling
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The first fight in 2024 had Buatsi walking to the ring as a comfortable favourite, and he backed that up with crushing body shots to send Hutchinson tumbling twice.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
With many highflying technology stocks tumbling, you might be wondering what’s in store for the stock market heading into Tuesday’s midterm elections, especially given uncertainty about inflation and interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Bitcoin and Ethereum clawed back some ground after tumbling more than 3% each on news of the major breach at the world’s biggest crypto exchange.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Despite traveling so quickly, the snakes were able to follow a narrow racetrack measuring just 20 centimeters across, demonstrating that their rolling movements are not simply uncontrolled tumbling.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Autumn, Ama, Woo, and I go tumbling down, into the underground … into an even deeper level of Asamando.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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