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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
Zac Anderson, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Sánchez lunged at it, as the pitch fell out of the strike zone.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
And those close to Andrew, Fergie, and their two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, are probably best equipped to comment on the fallout.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Her husband was friends with Epstein for years before the two had a falling out.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Sánchez lunged at it, as the pitch fell out of the strike zone.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
The California utility has faced heavy fallout from destructive wildfires.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
And those close to Andrew, Fergie, and their two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, are probably best equipped to comment on the fallout.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall out
Verb
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The pair have famously bickered over the past 20 years.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2026
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In some states, lawmakers are still bickering over how money should be spent.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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At the end of the check-in, a peer support specialist sent in quotes from the client to ARC’s billing department to prove the discussion took place so the company could then bill Medicaid for the service.—
Alex Acquisto,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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Yet the psychological impact — on local populations, on the economy of metropolitan Dubai, on the commercial shipping sector and the oil market — has proven Iran is capable of exacting greater pain than its conventional military capabilities would suggest.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The ploy provoked personal blowback, including allegations of domestic abuse, which Magyar denied.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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That longstanding connection could insulate Orbán from some of the anti-Trump blowback rattling the rest of Europe, but that's not guaranteed, said Charles Kupchan, a professor of international relations at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Like there was a demon in his lungs, fighting the last bit of banishment.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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She was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa — an eye disease that causes vision loss — and lupus, a disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s healthy tissues and organs instead of fighting germs, according to court records.—
Chase Jordan
April 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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About 44 percent of these users reported at least one side effect.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Another serious potential side effect of psychedelic drugs is what’s known as hallucinogen persisting perception disorder.—
Hollis Karoly,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Painted in 1921, that painting was purchased for the raffle from billionaire art collector David Nahmad, who argued in an Associated Press interview that Picasso would have approved of raffling his work.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Bart argues that such promotion has a salutary social function, reaching people in underserved communities who might not otherwise be aware that they are entitled to aggressive, contingency-fee advocacy.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Israel claimed responsibility for the strikes on the South Pars petrochemical complex in Asaluyeh, a key site for Iran's energy sector, both for production of petroleum by-products and for joint work with Qatar on the world's largest natural gas field.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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These included an ice-cream parlor, souvenir shops, and homes repurposed into Airbnbs—all by-products of a growing tourism industry on Fogo.—
Akash Kapur,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Callie and Arizona: Another couple spatting over kids.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Fall out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fall%20out. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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