as in curved
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 fell off
Another index of consumer sentiment, measured daily by Morning Consult, shows that middle-class consumer confidence fell off a cliff this summer.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Desharnais then lasted just 34 days in Pittsburgh, where his ice time fell off a bit, before he was shipped to San Jose in March for a 2028 fifth round pick.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
The port’s monthly cargo report followed a recent incident where dozens of containers fell off a cargo ship docked at one of its terminals.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
On the services side, those were lifted by a spike in airfare prices, which have moved higher after demand fell off due to economic and air safety uncertainty.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Dramatic video shows the moment nearly 70 shipping containers fell off a cargo ship Tuesday and were left bobbing in the ocean at the Port of Long Beach in California.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
One of the producers actually fell off his chair laughing.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Twenty-two people who fell off a previous Forbes 400 list managed to climb back into the ranks this year, including Charles Ergen of Dish Network and EchoStar, David Baszucki of gaming platform Roblox and the Facebook-famous, crypto-investing Winklevoss twins.
—Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The operator of the mower began to reverse, and the child either fell off or jumped off.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Desharnais then lasted just 34 days in Pittsburgh, where his ice time fell off a bit, before he was shipped to San Jose in March for a 2028 fifth round pick.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
The port’s monthly cargo report followed a recent incident where dozens of containers fell off a cargo ship docked at one of its terminals.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
On the services side, those were lifted by a spike in airfare prices, which have moved higher after demand fell off due to economic and air safety uncertainty.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Dramatic video shows the moment nearly 70 shipping containers fell off a cargo ship Tuesday and were left bobbing in the ocean at the Port of Long Beach in California.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
One of the producers actually fell off his chair laughing.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Twenty-two people who fell off a previous Forbes 400 list managed to climb back into the ranks this year, including Charles Ergen of Dish Network and EchoStar, David Baszucki of gaming platform Roblox and the Facebook-famous, crypto-investing Winklevoss twins.
—Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The operator of the mower began to reverse, and the child either fell off or jumped off.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fell off
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The difference in the zero-point energy of space between those two locations tells us, as first derived in Hawking’s 1974 paper, that radiation will be emitted from the region around the black hole, where space is curved the most strongly.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The angles of the rooms are all curved, and there’s a circular quality to the sets that gives the impression that nothing leads anywhere.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
22 Sep. 2025
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The death of Banda Amidst the torrents, Arisu follows the sound of Usagi’s voice, as they are both swept towards a watery vortex that leads to the world of the dead.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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At least 27 campers and counselors from the all-girls summer camp were killed along the Guadalupe River when calamitous flash floods swept through the area on July 4.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Runner-up Denny Hamlin, third-place finisher Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe and Bubba Wallace rounded out the top five.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
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The actress rounded the look out with statement stud earrings.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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