fell off

past tense of fall off
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 The offense, which led the league in points per possession during the regular season, fell off a cliff. Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 The year after celebrating hip-hop's golden anniversary in 2023, the show's annual viewership fell off a steep cliff - down nearly 50% in 2024. Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025 Another index of consumer sentiment, measured daily by Morning Consult, shows that middle-class consumer confidence fell off a cliff this summer. 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
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  • Featuring an ergonomic, curved back that will keep you comfortable long after dessert has finished, plus a plush foam seat, this set of four keeps things fresh and elegant.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2025
  • 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 Tigers won two of three against the Mariners early in the season, then got swept by Seattle at home and were outscored 35-14 during a July series that marked the start of a horrid slide.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Teams have swept the area with thermal cameras to check for any more survivors, to no avail.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • In addition to Hunnam as the titular character, the cast is rounded out by Suzanna Son, Tom Hollander and Metcalf.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Comfort food from Curly’s, steaks from Philip’s and Oregon Steaks, and offerings from Café Carmela, Jacobs Northwest, The Flavor Spot, and Three Monkeys Cafe rounded out the lineup.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Fell off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fell%20off. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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