free-fell

past tense of free-fall

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-fell
Verb
  • Now, luckily, one of the stars is taking us behind the scenes, giving more deets about the flash tropical storm that almost wiped out the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Show at the W South Beach hotel on May 30.
    Madeleine Marr June 11, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
  • That means raising pay in real terms, not merely bestowing nominal bumps which can be wiped out by inflation.
    Randi Weingarten, Time, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Shares of weight loss drug maker Zealand Pharma plummeted as much as 23% on Monday after new data on its experimental medicine raised concerns over its potential side effects.
    Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 8 June 2026
  • Public opinion towards it has sharply worsened in the last year, with majorities in most countries polled having unfavorable views towards it, and confidence in Netanyahu has plummeted.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • That precipitated this rapid process.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • As shared by the financial intelligence platform Quartr, this, in turn, precipitated another shift.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
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“Free-fell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-fell. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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