fell back; fallen back; falling back; falls back
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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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Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The radio bands serve as a fallback since the company also has authorization to use the 2000 MHz bands for satellite tracking and telemetry.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
That Dalglish’s vast contribution in Liverpool’s domination of English football over the previous decade would have helped him in sticky spots is a reminder that Slot has little to fall back on.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Why this fallback to current convention, when the rest of the experience is about radical reinvention?
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The radio bands serve as a fallback since the company also has authorization to use the 2000 MHz bands for satellite tracking and telemetry.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
The price of the international benchmark for oil, Brent crude, rose to more than $126 a barrel at one point overnight — the highest since 2022, when Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine — before falling back to around $114 a barrel early Thursday.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
That Dalglish’s vast contribution in Liverpool’s domination of English football over the previous decade would have helped him in sticky spots is a reminder that Slot has little to fall back on.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Fallback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallback. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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