fall
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As autumn sets in and the nights get longer temperatures around polar regions start to fall.
From BBC β Oct. 17, 2026
Eventually, the yield gets high enough that investors stop asking how much further bond prices can fall and start asking how much they should buy.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 16, 2026
As I drove across the state line, I saw similar landscapes—rolling hills and vivid fall leaves.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
USC admitted 12.6% of first-year applicants this fall for sought-after slots.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 16, 2026
ON the night of Sancho's seventh day as governor, just when he began to fall asleep, there was a great commotion outside.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
And again, the burden falls heavily on agricultural regions, where the fuel is used to power tractors, combines and trucks.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
Some of the resulting debris falls toward the black hole, temporarily increasing its feeding activity.
From Science Daily β Oct. 16, 2026
Travelers stock falls even as the property and casualty insurer reports better-than-expected earnings.
From Barron's β Oct. 16, 2026
He said he’s watching to see if palladium — an investment he bought at the end of 2023 but sold in January — falls further.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 15, 2026
The thunder of the, falls was loud, and from its sound, and the view of treetops at the cave mouth, he guessed they must be some way up the side of the valley.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Satellite data shows that in the year up to July 2026, the deforestation rate fell by 41.8% in the Amazon - the biggest drop since records began in 1988.
From BBC β Oct. 17, 2026
The software and semiconductor sectors haven’t been trading in tandem much this year, but they collectively fell Friday as AI and interest-rate fears hit the market.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
But semiconductor and software stocks fell in tandem on Friday, leaving tech investors with nowhere to hide.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 16, 2026
Every night as she fell asleep, Varsha would watch a stranger on the internet diarising what they'd consumed that day.
From BBC β Oct. 16, 2026
I flipped back a few pages in the ledger, and my gaze fell on a pair of entries: four hundred dollars borrowed from the Chinese Benevolent Association and four hundred paid out.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Still, Kim acknowledged that trust in education has fallen, though he said that trust in American institutions “across the board has been declining.”
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 16, 2026
By the end of the session, it had fallen roughly 10 basis points to 5.09%, its biggest one-day decline in more than a year.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 16, 2026
The index has now fallen more than 40 percent since the start of the year.
From Barron's β Oct. 16, 2026
In Northern Ireland, the sheep population has fallen for several years with the most recent stats from 2024 showing 1.9 million sheep across the region.
From BBC β Oct. 15, 2026
And the mine shaft into which she had fallen trying to save a wandering calf had been closed in long ago.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
Precious metals tend to rise when interest rates are falling.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 16, 2026
His answer to falling trust has been the Open Dialogue Project, which he launched in October 2025 to bring clashing views to campus.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 16, 2026
They became engrossed in conversation, Evans said in the letter, which describes him falling in love during that first meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
But what we saw in the briefing room this week was far more troubling than one woman falling on her face.
From Salon β Oct. 16, 2026
I couldn’t risk him falling back into the crowd.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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