tumbling

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At Forde Abbey on the Dorset-Somerset border, with roots stretching back 900 years, the walled garden is stuffed with robust cabbages and tumbling sweetpeas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The ceasefire sent oil prices tumbling, with the main international contracts falling below $100 a barrel.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Instead, we talked for hours, our words tumbling over each other like we’d been rehearsing for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

That opens up the S&P 500 to the possibility of tumbling into a correction of a least 10% from its 6,978.60, closing record on Jan. 27.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

A cacophony of noise burst out of the mass of tumbling dogs.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt