tumble to
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expected the headline reading to tumble to a still-positive 38.5.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
The stock quadrupled to $15 in early summer, only to tumble to $3.50 in the second week of August.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
Match Group, whose share price once reached more than $169 per share in 2021, has seen its stock tumble to below $30 in 2023 as investors saw Tinder’s paying user numbers drop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
How can a phone survive a 16,000-feet skydive but not a short tumble to the floor?
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2024
I felt like running up to it and knocking it down—letting it tumble to the ground with the rest of the fancy plans Wilfrido had for my neighborhood.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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