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Example Sentences
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“We have the power to protect the flow of international trade and must use it. Or the whole world economy could tumble into a global recession.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Both the Nasdaq Composite and Russell 2000 indexes did briefly tumble into bear markets.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
“Severance” amplifies its intrigue without falling into the second-season trap of making key enigmas inscrutable or boring, a trap too many puzzle-box shows tumble into when challenged to top their triumphant first seasons.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025
May it give them perspective as they tumble into this century’s ’30s, ’40s and ’50s.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023
Briony had not even been cast as Arabella’s mother, and now was surely the time to sidle from the room and tumble into facedown darkness on the bed.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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