as in curving
to turn away from a straight line or course
the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay
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Recent Examples of falling off
Some people are screaming at the air, their pants falling off their frail frames.
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Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
Why others fell Penn State and Texas falling off the ballot is pretty easy to explain.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2025
My frustration arose in the smaller tasks, a few dishes here, day-old coffee in the pot there, a small stack of mail on the countertop, dead leaves falling off a plant, and more.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
On some trees, the leaves are simply turning brown and falling off.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Since Buzzard's Roost opened in 2023, the staff has experienced unexplained broken glasses, books falling off the shelf and many elevator and electronic glitches.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Last year, their fellow One Direction member, Liam Payne, tragically died after falling off a third-floor balcony in Argentina.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Temperatures are expected to spike Friday into the upper 80s in the hottest places before falling off and becoming more seasonable into and through the weekend.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Throughout the episode, the mystery of each unexplained incident occurred, including falling off a table while singing karaoke, getting his jacket singed by Barney for repeatedly calling Robin and meeting Trudy (Danica McKellar) while drunk in the women’s restroom.
—Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
Why others fell Penn State and Texas falling off the ballot is pretty easy to explain.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2025
My frustration arose in the smaller tasks, a few dishes here, day-old coffee in the pot there, a small stack of mail on the countertop, dead leaves falling off a plant, and more.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
On some trees, the leaves are simply turning brown and falling off.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Since Buzzard's Roost opened in 2023, the staff has experienced unexplained broken glasses, books falling off the shelf and many elevator and electronic glitches.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Last year, their fellow One Direction member, Liam Payne, tragically died after falling off a third-floor balcony in Argentina.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Temperatures are expected to spike Friday into the upper 80s in the hottest places before falling off and becoming more seasonable into and through the weekend.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Throughout the episode, the mystery of each unexplained incident occurred, including falling off a table while singing karaoke, getting his jacket singed by Barney for repeatedly calling Robin and meeting Trudy (Danica McKellar) while drunk in the women’s restroom.
—Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for falling off
curving
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Presented in Lightness & Tension, an exhibition curated by roving gallerist Ulysses de Santi, Simões’s work is rooted in material exploration, as seen in the Sleeper chair, a curving steel form that suggests Brazilian midcentury modernism.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2025
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Here the set becomes a comedy generator, a set of curving sides that Reeves can lean against and slide bonelessly down.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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