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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High-severity misalignment alerts fell by nearly 80% in live coding environments involving Google’s teams.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2026 The study also found that hypoxic burden — the severity and duration of low-oxygen episodes caused by breathing disruptions during sleep — fell by about 75% among participants without type 2 diabetes and 65% among those with the condition.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2026
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Moderate fall color is being observed across most of central Maryland and the Baltimore metro.—CBS News,
27 Oct. 2026 Andrew Miltenberg, an attorney representing the student who returned to Cornell this fall, said his client maintains the encounter was consensual.—
Leah Willingham,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fall
There was upset after upset, and a few teams were on the verge of stumbling as well.
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David Troy OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2026
Next week will bring major risks for a stock market that's trying to find its footing as the AI trade continues to stumble, with several megacap earnings, a Federal Reserve meeting and a key inflation report in store.
Short enough to read in a single sitting, Sara Gran’s chilling story of an architect succumbing to demonic possession will leave readers stunned and unsettled.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
23 Oct. 2026
The city’s Medical Examiner ruled the victim’s death a homicide after determining Wong succumbed to stab wounds to his neck and torso.
Telecom stocks — Shares of AT & T and T-Mobile fell more than 5% each, while Verizon shares decreased 1% on a Bloomberg News report that SpaceX is in private talks to lease 80,000 cell towers.
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Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
23 Oct. 2026
As technology has advanced, launch costs have decreased, and satellites have become more efficient, smaller and cheaper to build.
Some 100,000 people descended on the neighborhood, causing human traffic jams in the narrow streets.
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Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2026
To keep released fish alive, Florida Sea Grant’s Return ’Em Right program urges anglers to use descending devices, which return fish quickly to depth, and offers free devices to those who complete an online course.
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Tovar Cerulli,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Oct. 2026
Kate Whiteman, the woman who first filed a lawsuit against the men, died in late 2025 at age 45 in Australia.
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Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2026
Rent played its first preview off-Broadway, at the New York Theatre Workshop, on January 25, 1996—the same day that Jonathan Larson, its 35-year-old composer and librettist, died suddenly at his home in Manhattan.
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