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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
tumble .
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Examples
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The craft tumbles from the sky, and tears a burning gash into the earth.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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There also seems to be a serious scam involved -- stiffing public hospitals of the subsidies they receive to treat uninsured patients, on the ridiculous assumption that everybody will simply go out and buy health insurance the moment the proposal tumbles from the President's mouth tonight.
Bush’s Plan…the rest of the story. - Swampland - TIME.com 2007
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While the grey clouds of autumn gather elsewhere, and the word tumbles into financial meltdown, where better to take time out from such cares?
The Bioscope 2008
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He strikes a hundred gallant poses in a day; when he tumbles, which is often, he comes to the ground like a Greek god; so Mary A---- has willed it.
The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens 1898
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It is the only one I know of which I cannot _shorten_, and -- like a good arch -- moving one word tumbles a whole sentence down.
Abraham Lincoln George Haven Putnam 1887
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Both of last weekend's debuts took tumbles, which is to be expected coming off a holiday weekend.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Scott Mendelson 2011
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Both of last weekend's debuts took tumbles, which is to be expected coming off a holiday weekend.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Scott Mendelson 2011
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(Soundbite of laughter) Ms. PARETSKY: Yes, Petra, she kind of tumbles into trouble like a load of laundry.
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(Soundbite of laughter) Ms. PARETSKY: Yes, Petra, she kind of tumbles into trouble like a load of laundry.
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(Soundbite of laughter) Ms. PARETSKY: Yes, Petra, she kind of tumbles into trouble like a load of laundry.
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