fall about
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Lee’s price target of $263.66 implies room for the stock to fall about 16% from current levels.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The U.S.-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz caused Brent crude futures to fall about 5% to $83, leading to a broad decline in energy stocks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
It said transaction margin dollars are expected to fall about 3%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
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
“You might just as well go around saying: ‘Don’t fight people,”’ causing the rest of the tribe to fall about laughing at the intrinsic ridiculousness of the notion.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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