How to Use fall behind in a Sentence

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• This approach can cause companies to fall behind their competitors.
  — Muhammad Muzammil Rawjani, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
• Despite fears before kick-off that this game would be a no-contest, Algeria fell behind twice and fought back to equalise.
  — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 28 June 2026
• Raleigh fell behind 0-2 in the count but worked a nine-pitch walk that scored Crawford and chased Ureña (5-7).
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
• Trevino fell behind 0-2 before working the count full and hitting his first homer since June 8, 2025.
  — ABC News, 2 July 2026
• When a project falls behind schedule, the electrical team points at the cooling contractors, and the cooling technicians blame the structural engineers.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026
• Competitive pressure will lead companies to either take up productivity tools or fall behind.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• With Meta’s models falling behind, becoming a cloud provider keeps it relevant in AI and buys it time to develop its own technology.
  — Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
• The billionaire Wall Street leader said that employers who stick behind remote schedules are falling behind—and young workers in particular could be left in the dust.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 30 June 2026
• But organizations that fail to compete with emerging AI technologies will likely fall behind, regardless of their investment.
  — Muhammad Muzammil Rawjani, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
• There’s also the concern that Nike has fallen behind on innovation, with no new and exciting sportswear products to attract consumers, an issue compounded by the tariffs and high gas prices that have been squeezing consumer companies generally.
  — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 30 June 2026
• In their first match against Saudi Arabia in Miami, Uruguay fell behind after an error from Muslera, who was unable to hold a routine catch from a corner, allowing Abdulelah Al-Amri to tap in.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 June 2026
• The Phillies squandered an early 3-0 lead and fell behind 4-3 before Schwarber hit a 408-foot drive to center field off Kodai Senga (0-7), who was making the first regular-season relief appearance of his big league career.
  — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 28 June 2026
• Countries are scrambling not to fall behind in AI — and French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are leading a personal charm offensives to court tech CEOs.
  — Kai Nicol-Schwarz,priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 July 2026