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Verb
resistance from native forces was greater than expected, and the invading army was forced to fall back
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Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
The agency described the effort as part of a broader push to drive compliance with tighter federal identification rules while preserving a fallback for those without acceptable documents.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
Josh Dinner, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
After being one of the big surprises of the early season, the Raptors have fallen back to the pack a bit, losing five of their last six and three in a row.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Survival is the new fallback mode.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
The agency described the effort as part of a broader push to drive compliance with tighter federal identification rules while preserving a fallback for those without acceptable documents.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
SpaceX, too, has implemented its own recovery and refurbishment plans for Falcon 9 fairings, but the two halves of the shell protecting the rocket's payload on its way to orbit are still designed to split apart and fall back to Earth independently of each other, and of Falcon 9's first stage.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
After being one of the big surprises of the early season, the Raptors have fallen back to the pack a bit, losing five of their last six and three in a row.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Fallback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallback. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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