How to Use falling-out in a Sentence
falling-out
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Greene has had a public falling-out with Trump over the last few months.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 28 Dec. 2025
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Greene has had a very public falling-out with Trump over the last several weeks.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 7 Dec. 2025
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Chopra quickly returned the favor, leading to rumors of a falling-out.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2023
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Sources around Tisdale French and her former mom group have shed light on their now-viral falling-out.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
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The end came not because of any grand falling-out but simply because some of us assumed new priorities.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026
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Xavier tells Gabriela that the disease progressed quickly, and his father died not long after their falling-out.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 28 Jan. 2025
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Musk’s presence at the event is notable given his falling-out with the president earlier this year.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 19 Nov. 2025
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However, the two had a falling-out as both rose to success during the 2010s.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
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Rose and Kate, formerly close friends, apparently had a falling-out as a result.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2024
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Their latest reunion comes more than five years after Jenner and Woods' very public falling-out.
—Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2024
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Others close to both Emanuel and Silver, however, deny any falling-out.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2024
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Trump in turn has so far poured cold water on the idea of any rift or falling-out between the two men, at least of the sort their detractors have often predicted.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
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The two men had a falling-out after Rocky promised to pay for a funeral and Ephron lambasted him for not coming through.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2025
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The skirmish has thrust into the public eye a falling-out between two political heavyweights once seen as close allies.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
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Whenever a romantic comedy reaches the central couple’s big falling-out, my wife shoots me a look.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 July 2026
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Reporters during the press conference noted Pugh's absence and asked Wilde if there was any truth to the rumors of a falling-out.
—Karli Bendlin, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
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Francie and Natalie were best friends who had a falling-out and didn’t reconcile until Tiff’s wedding.
—Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 27 June 2025
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After the essay went viral, sources around Tisdale French and her former mom group shed light on the real reasons behind their falling-out.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
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After the essay went viral, sources around Tisdale French and her former mom group have shed light on the real reasons behind their falling-out.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
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The two reportedly had a falling-out due to Dean’s belief that Meek was preventing the advancement of his career.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2024
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Sandra, who is revealed to be Jacek’s sister, and whose existence Greta was not even aware of, orchestrated their falling-out.
—Isabella Wandermurem, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
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The Index news portal reported the attack followed a falling-out between the students on Thursday.
—ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
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Aside from managing some of the biggest names in entertainment, Braun is best known for his public falling-out with Taylor Swift.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
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OpenAI exists because of a falling-out between two men who each wanted to win the AI race, just on different terms.
—Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
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Justice and Manchin had a falling-out after Justice switched parties eight months into his first term as governor in 2017.
—John Raby, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
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Noticeably absent was his eldest son Brooklyn, who earlier this year posted on social media about having a falling-out with his family.
—Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 12 June 2026
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Then in early June, the two close allies had a volatile public falling-out over a spending bill that saw them both trading threats that could have severely hampered spaceflight operations.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
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Since his departure, however, Belichick has made several comments that indicate a falling-out with the billionaire.
—Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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The Kaczynski brothers split the cost of the property in Montana, then had a falling-out when David got engaged in 1989.
—Alex Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
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Jones and Richards had a falling-out over actress and model Anita Pallenberg, who was Jones’s girlfriend before Richards moved in on her.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026
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