Falls
Falls noun - A steep descent of the water of a river.
Stumbles
Both words in one sentence
- Another version exists that follows the same story, except that as they're crossing the river, the hermit (Tristram) stumbles and falls down between Isolde's legs.
Source: False Reassurance -
Death by Falling Over: Happens to Hayley when she stumbles and falls in the hospital room.
Source: Series / Adam Ruins Everything -
As she is fleeing, she stumbles and falls into a swarm of scorpions (and possibly the flesh-eating scarab beetles).
Source: Film / The Mummy Returns
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