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as in to bicker
to express different opinions about something often angrily
club members were soon falling out about how to spend the money they'd made washing cars
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Recent Examples of fall out
Joe Guillen, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Or its premium could disappear earlier if Trump and Musk were to have a falling out, say.
—Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The documentary examines what happened leading up to the tragic shooting and follows the fallout in real time.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Share of pending home sales that fell out of contract
Monthly; January 2017 to January 2025
A line chart showing the share of pending home sales that fell through from January 2017 to January 2025 in the Detroit metro area.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Or its premium could disappear earlier if Trump and Musk were to have a falling out, say.
—Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
Support for his tariff barrage is tepid at best, with many industry groups urging exemptions and economists warning of cascading fallout across the economy.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The documentary examines what happened leading up to the tragic shooting and follows the fallout in real time.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall out
Verb
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Sorrell also said bickering by leadership is affecting the community.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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Pratt, whose character plays like a cross between Han Solo and Jack Burton, is gifted with a moment or two, bickering with Herman like a married couple and yeeting cars at Sentre headquarters.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The first three days of the season took care of such foolish rookie thoughts and proved to be a humbling, but learning, experience.—
Thomas Weddle,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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Naysayers insisted that increasing content costs would match the company’s rapid topline and subscriber growth, and profits would prove illusory.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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America’s whiskey industry has become a favorite target of such retaliation, and the blowback is going to be especially painful for distillers and the companies that supply them, from farmers to barrel makers.—
Jon Cherry,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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And overseas, a permissive attitude toward civilian harm will degrade U.S. influence with allies and partners and could invite significant blowback that damages U.S. national security.—
Risa Brooks,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As the war lurched into its fourth year, Russian losses of tanks, fighting vehicles and other heavy equipment had exceeded 20,000, according to the analysts at the Oryx intelligence collective, which confirms each loss with imagery from the front line.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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The court fight over Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is a most unusual one in that no one denies that the government violated the law in deporting him.—
The Editors,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Consuming both sugar and sugar alcohols in large amounts can lead to side effects and health concerns.2 What Is Sugar?—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
3 Apr. 2025
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Risks and Side Effects Taking a nitrate supplement is associated with potential risks that include drug interactions and side effects.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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And some would argue that the lawsuits from NYT and others against OpenAI or other model companies represent a case of this.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Daron Acemoglu has argued for a more all-encompassing approach.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Mental mistakes are often a natural by-product of a flexible, adaptive mind.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Left untreated, amino acid metabolic disorders can lead to a buildup of toxic by-products or a deficiency of essential nutrients.—
Jonathan Purtell,
Verywell Health,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2016
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The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
15 May 2024
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“Fall out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fall%20out. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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