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fell for

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past tense of fall for

as in loved

to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for It's hard not to fall for a woman like that.

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Recent Examples of fell for Some want to live vicariously through them, while others joke about the poor fools who fell for their tactics. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 Cesar Cedeno’s 200-foot fly ball in the fifth inning fell for an inside-the-park grand slam home run as second baseman Jim Lefebvre and right fielder Bill Buckner of the Dodgers collided. — Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Average ticket prices fell for a second straight year, a trend Maoyan credited with broadening access and drawing more moviegoers into theaters. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 Some, like Sophie Turner and the late Robert Redford, fell for their four-legged costars, while others, like Chris Evans and Glen Powell, found and adopted their furry companions during production. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026 Houston fell for the first time since losing 3-0 to Real Salt Lake in a May 13 road match. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 Leonard fell for Penny, Howard was smitten with Penny’s co-worker Bernadette and Sheldon also met his match in an unexpected way. — Joyann Jeffrey, PEOPLE, 22 Aug. 2026 Vaccination rates also fell for polio, for the combination shot against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, and for the first dose of the vaccine against chickenpox. — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 With top-sellers improving, the CX-5 numbers fell for two years after a to-date year sales peak of 168,448 in 2021. — James Raia, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026

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