the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude
panicked during his first unassisted fall when his parachute's rip cord didn't respond to the first tug
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Verb
On Wednesday, temperatures will still remain abnormally high, although fewer records are expected to fall than in days past.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
7 Oct. 2026 Front Street said last month that pending requests had fallen by more than 90% after vacancies were filled and processes were streamlined.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2026
Noun
This fall will see a rush of new titles from stars as Dustin Hoffman, Trisha Paytas, and Michael Douglas—all narrated by the authors themselves.—
Brian Raftery,
Vanity Fair,
6 Oct. 2026 From October 6 through 7, Prime members can shop millions of items, from fresh fall decor to beauty products.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fall
Almost sounds silly now, with the way the team has stumbled and bumbled its way through the first four games.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Oct. 2026
Of the seven clubs that had 14 or more players from their organizations appear in the WBC, several stumbled early and only the Phillies and Brewers made the postseason.
An unusual treat is the co-ed soaking pool, overlooking Lake Mishkin, which allows families to plunge and relax together before or after their treatments, which run the gamut from massage to sound bath to tea ceremonies.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Oct. 2026
GoPro went public at $24 per share five years before that, and has plunged over 94%, as of Monday.
Deaths from the virus have decreased by 36% in the past decade.
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Philip A. Chan,
STAT,
8 Oct. 2026
Academics and researchers have proposed a wide variety of causes for the crisis, like changes in the economy, decreasing social connections, access to firearms, and the pandemic.
As the town and its residents descend into chaos after a massive iceberg emerges from the water, Calvin realizes it might all be connected to his father’s accident.
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2026
The statement said the weapon separated from its booster rocket at the planned altitude, then descended and maneuvered both vertically and horizontally before hitting a test target.
What’s made this franchise so beloved has been its willingness to go on that journey with its young characters, maturing and deepening and changing without losing that initial childlike sense of hope and joy.
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Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2026
This means, according to the team, that only about 2% of the electrical charge was lost to competing reactions.
Israel wages war on childhood because a Palestinian child at play is already trespassing upon the future Israel has reserved for itself.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2026
The Tohono O’odham Nation said that even if construction were contained to the Roosevelt Reservation, driving onto tribal land to access the area still constitutes trespassing.
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Mikella Schuettler,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Aug. 2026
After a concertgoer died in the audience at a Carson music festival on Saturday, an artist is outraged the show continued while the deceased was still on-site.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Oct. 2026
An inmate died in an apparent homicide Tuesday morning after an attack by another prisoner at California State Prison, Sacramento, state corrections officials said.
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