How to Use fall through in a Sentence
fall through
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He had been set to fight three times for the PFL in 2023, but all of those bouts fell through.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
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Those plans also fell through, and by the end of 2018 the building was for sale.
—Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2023
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People fall through the cracks, and end up either back on the streets or dead.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
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That project fell through, and the diocese bought the property in 2020.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 8 Feb. 2024
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And in this case, there are dozens and dozens of ways, dozens of cracks that this child, these children, fell through.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
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There shouldn’t be any money falling through the cracks!
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
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Why Lando fell through the cracks at Disney+ is still unclear.
—Bruce Haring, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2024
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That fight fell through when Muhammad was forced from the event with a bone infection in his two.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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And Dexter is going to have to find someone to kill, because the Al plans fall through.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
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In addition, the deal could fall through if Vizio is offered a better deal over the next 45 days.
—Brad Adgate, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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This is precisely why short sessions are then called; to fix up bills with holes and bills that fell through the cracks.
—Mathew Biadun, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
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Camino also said that a major funding plan that had been in the works for a year had fallen through.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
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However, that part of the deal fell through and Anderson ended up with the Heat.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
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When that deal fell through, however, the couple got a second chance to take over.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
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The new app may help campers locate private campgrounds that sometimes fall through the cracks.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 20 May 2025
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But the deal fell through when commissioners opted to lease the space for a restaurant.
—CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
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Then, in 1997, the day before shooting was to begin in Hamburg, Germany, the project fell through.
—Mark Schilling, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
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Others tend to fall through the cracks, such as meals while on the road and other incidentals.
—Egor Karpovich, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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Maybe your Thanksgiving plans fell through last minute.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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That plan dramatically fell through at the end of last week.
—Russell Flannery, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
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But the project always fell through, even with talent like Anne Hathaway and Amy Schumer attached.
—Willa Paskin, New York Times, 11 July 2023
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At one point, the property was under contract to a group trying to build a preschool there, but that deal fell through.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2024
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In 2016, it was supposed to sell to Uniqlo but that, and a subsequent plan to put a Blink Fitness in the basement, fell through.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 7 Mar. 2025
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The pan has thin slits across the surface to drain away excess liquids without being large enough for food to fall through.
—Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2023
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But a new Stanford study paints a bleak picture about what AI can do when safety measures fall through the cracks.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
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Usyk was preparing for a fight when the contracts for his sparring partners fell through and none of them showed up to his camp.
—Vanessa Perdomo, Fortune Europe, 23 May 2024
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Blomkamp also shot a Halo short film, Landfall, in 2007, but a project for a feature film for the franchise fell through.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
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McCall is confident that U.S. Steel will be fine even though the purchase fell through.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
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Sponsors and financial backers fell through at the very last minute.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Despite adversity, Sana wants her twins to have a spring vacation, but all her plans fall through.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
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