fall about
Britishverb
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Non-interest income for the sector is also expected to fall about 7%, reflecting a high base from investment gains during the interest-rate downtrend in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Anything to the contrary could crush the Nasdaq and potentially bring it below the low it reached this fall, about a 6% drop from its current level.
From Barron's • Dec. 8, 2025
Squibb plays the title character in “Eleanor the Great,” Scarlett Johansson’s film that came out this fall about a 94-year-old whose accidental lie grows to epic proportions after the media gets hold of the story.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
Upon closer examination, the quote starts to fall about a bit.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2025
Rachel could tell the lamest jokes and boys fall about the place in laughter.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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