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The center took the puck away from an Oilers skater and swiftly cut behind defenseman Mattias Ekholm before going top shelf over the shoulder of Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner as Reinhart was falling down.
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Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
The man slipped and fell down the mountain, tumbling approximately 1,000 feet before eventually landing on a nearby slope, deputies said.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
The stadium is soccer bait, dangled in front of an eager audience, and once snatched by the City Council the full cage of the entertainment complex will fall down around it, trapping $70 million of public support.
—Alexander Ooms, Denver Post, 27 May 2025
The Ukraine international has fallen down the pecking order at Arsenal following the emergence of Myles Lewis-Skelly and the arrival of Riccardo Calafiori.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 15 June 2025
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Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
The man slipped and fell down the mountain, tumbling approximately 1,000 feet before eventually landing on a nearby slope, deputies said.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
The stadium is soccer bait, dangled in front of an eager audience, and once snatched by the City Council the full cage of the entertainment complex will fall down around it, trapping $70 million of public support.
—Alexander Ooms, Denver Post, 27 May 2025
The Ukraine international has fallen down the pecking order at Arsenal following the emergence of Myles Lewis-Skelly and the arrival of Riccardo Calafiori.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall down
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No matter how far Wrexham go under the ownership of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, that first promotion back into the EFL two years ago will take some beating.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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This comes on the heels of a season where multiple players went under center after the franchise opted to end their experiment with former No. 6 pick Daniel Jones.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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The two cracked up laughing, and not about how Ohtani was swinging the bat.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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Even Justin Rose, their playing partner, cracked up.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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