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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
David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
The Timberwolves don’t have much draft stock to deal, which means the Bulls would be looking to load up on some of the young guards who have fallen out of the rotation.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2026
Investigative reporter Tyler Jett joined the Register in 2019 and covered Kamala Harris' 2020 Iowa Caucuses campaign, the Deere strike in 2021 and the fallout from a sports betting scandal involving Iowa college athletes.
—Mike Trautmann, Des Moines Register, 22 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Culture shifted and Araki fell out of love with his own idea.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
The Timberwolves don’t have much draft stock to deal, which means the Bulls would be looking to load up on some of the young guards who have fallen out of the rotation.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
The fallout continued into Thursday.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2026
Investigative reporter Tyler Jett joined the Register in 2019 and covered Kamala Harris' 2020 Iowa Caucuses campaign, the Deere strike in 2021 and the fallout from a sports betting scandal involving Iowa college athletes.
—Mike Trautmann, Des Moines Register, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall out
Verb
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The showing had to be aborted after a few shocking scenes of bandmates bickering and Fat Mike blasting lines of cocaine.—
Jim Ruland,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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The actors jokingly bickered about their history with the ceremony, with Cheadle remarking that Clooney hadn’t won since 2026 winner Timothée Chalamet was 3 years old.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Los Alamitos coach Maya De Anda made the 3-point shot a priority on nearly every possession and that strategy proved successful, as the Griffins hit nine 3-pointers by halftime and finished with 13 in the game.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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BitLocker’s encryption algorithms have proven impenetrable to prior law enforcement attempts to break in, according to a Forbes review of historical cases.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The most viral blowback from the season came after fans spotted a misplaced Starbucks cup in a scene.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
11 Jan. 2026
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On Musk’s social media app X, the Grok AI image generation reply bot has been made for paying customers only and has been seemingly restricted from making sexualized deepfakes after a wave of blowback from users and regulators.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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For instance, Schultz has steadfastly fought against performing blood transfusions in the field, despite the federal government’s offer of billions of dollars in grants to pay for them.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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The Skippers kept fighting, using a 7-0 run to take a 57-55 lead with two minutes to go.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Luckily, a side effect of knuckle cracking is not the bends—or even a case of arthritis.—
Sarah Lindenfeld Hall,
Popular Science,
7 Jan. 2026
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The [rare side effect was] quickly picked up, and the vaccine was off the market within a little over a year.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Mahan has also faulted the governor’s administration for dismissing allegations of waste, fraud and abuse in state programs, arguing those concerns should not be partisan.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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As argued in his book Abundance, Ezra Klein explains how America's growth has been hindered by well-meaning regulations, permitting requirements, and veto points that have blocked affordable housing, infrastructure, and clean energy development.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Acting initially came to him as a by-product of his day job modeling—but like many of his fellow travelers, success didn’t happen overnight.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Jan. 2026
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This is achieved by some of the CO₂ ending up chemically bound in solid by-products.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Jan. 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 25 Jan. 2026.
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