free-fell

past tense of free-fall

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-fell
Verb
  • Pépé, who plays for the Spanish club Villarreal, wiped out all the suspense early, scoring in just the seventh minute and the lead held the rest of the game in front of an enthusiastic crowd that made Les Éléphants feel at home.
    Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • Pépé, who plays for the Spanish club Villarreal, wiped out all the suspense in this one early, scoring in just the seventh minute and the lead held the rest of the game in front of an enthusiastic crowd that made Les Éléphants feel at home.
    CBS News, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • As housing values plummeted, millions of Americans, many of them stuck with outsize mortgage debt, lost homes to foreclosure.
    Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 22 June 2026
  • According to the report, animals are staying in the facility longer, animal deaths have increased and vital transfers to outside rescue organizations have plummeted sharply from over 4,700 down to just 1,159.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • While Carvalho’s resignation was widely reported — and precipitated the appointment of Andrés Chait as the new superintendent three days later — there was no indication at the time that the school board had been pressuring Carvalho to step down.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Today, the life expectancy has more than doubled, from 35 to 79 years, and Washington would likely be treated with antibiotics, rather than bloodletting, for the throat infection that precipitated his death.
    Stephanie Stephens, USA Today, 26 June 2026
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“Free-fell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-fell. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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