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The Economy Is Dropping Like a Stone
The economy in free fall is dropping. A literal meaning, i guess, would be somebody with a parachute. But we're not talking about the literal meaning of free fall here. The drop is just out of control, and you can't stop it falling. We wouldn't normally say the economy is dropping like a stone. It's normally for individual things. So our third headline comes from b b c news,. ukraine's volodomir zolenski, the comedian president who is rising to working hard to overcome a difficult situation. First word, r i s i n g. Second word, to t o.
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