How to Use fall through/between the cracks in a Sentence
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Still, there are many ways for people to fall through the cracks.
— Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2022 -
The problem is the older kids sometimes fall through the cracks.
— Theresa Sullivan Barger, courant.com, 31 Jan. 2022 -
People fall through the cracks, and end up either back on the streets or dead.
— Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023 -
But one warning seemed to fall through the cracks, jurors learned.
— Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022 -
This is a move that rarely gets mentioned, but great players can fall through the cracks.
— Steve Silverman, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023 -
Consumers with smaller claims still fall through the cracks.
— Jack Ewing, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2022 -
How did such an important film fall through the cracks?
— Rich Brownstein, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2021 -
What’s the danger that people might fall through the cracks; where are the weaknesses there?
— The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 16 Dec. 2020 -
And breeding for certain traits can let other traits fall through the cracks.
— Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2018 -
First, fewer people fall through the cracks in San Diego’s system.
— Anumita Kaurstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2022 -
This story is reminding people not to let Black girls fall through the cracks.
— Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 19 Sep. 2022 -
Elgin Baylor is starting to fall through the cracks of history, and that’s sad.
— Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022 -
This particular shoe in question was not approved and seemed to fall through the cracks.
— Mike D. Sykes Ii, USA TODAY, 3 June 2021 -
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 -
Inevitably, some amazing titles fall through the cracks.
— Alyse Stanley, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2022 -
In a year full of stellar turns — Benedict Cumberbatch, please report to the podium — some are bound to fall through the cracks.
— Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2021 -
Even teens who sign up for Fostering Connections can fall through the cracks.
— Kitra Cahana, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2023 -
Many migrant children do not have this support and often fall through the cracks and miss valuable school time.
— Allie Torgan, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023 -
Your sign is known for meticulousness, but recent details can still fall through the cracks of your plans.
— Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023 -
This has raised concerns that someone with a serious ailment could fall through the cracks.
— Fortune, 11 Jan. 2022 -
That’s a lot of competition for your attention, and some of these titles are going to fall through the cracks.
— Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2022 -
That definition lets a lot of people fall through the cracks to languish and eventually die on the streets.
— Sophia Bollag, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2023 -
With as many original shows and movies as Netflix delivers, some are inevitably going to fall through the cracks.
— Jacob Siegal, BGR, 4 Jan. 2022 -
But many Americans fall through the cracks, such as the roughly one-half of workers who lack access to a retirement plan through their workplace.
— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2023 -
But more outreach and funding is needed to reach people who might fall through the cracks, according to Marr and other experts.
— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 30 July 2021 -
The Does want to make sure cases like their son’s are referred to law enforcement for thorough investigation and don’t fall through the cracks.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2023 -
These companies end up needing to replace these parts more often as they get twisted and deformed, but these tasks — much like the carts — sometimes fall between the cracks.
— Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024 -
Each year, an untold number of potential hate crimes – possibly hundreds – fall through the cracks.
— Agreen, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023 -
That’s because without a big advertising spend, too many titles fall through the cracks in today’s TV landscape.
— Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2024 -
De minimis thresholds—a topic being hotly debated in both the United States and Europe—could be part of the reason harmful items fall through the cracks.
— Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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