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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
Terri Peters, Parents, 6 Mar. 2026
During a medical leave of absence from school, Reid’s hair fell out in fist-sized clumps.
—Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
Lewis, a Democrat, faced serious allegations tied to her official conduct, drawing headlines and political fallout.
—Doug Friednash, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
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Verb
My go-to is this Sun Bum multi-pack, which comes in handy in case one tube gets misplaced or falls out on a ride.
—Terri Peters, Parents, 6 Mar. 2026
During a medical leave of absence from school, Reid’s hair fell out in fist-sized clumps.
—Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
There’s no telling how the military strikes and the fallout will affect the oil market in the long term.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
Lewis, a Democrat, faced serious allegations tied to her official conduct, drawing headlines and political fallout.
—Doug Friednash, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall out
Verb
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Jokic and Oklahoma City’s players had bothered each other and bickered all night.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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Her grandparents are constantly bickering, worn down by the pressures of keeping the family hotel afloat.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Heat backup center Kel’el Ware proved to be an effective fill-in for Adebayo on Thursday, stuffing the box score with 16 points, 11 rebounds, five steals and seven blocks in 32 minutes in the win.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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The observation team, led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, captured two additional measurements that proved key to improving the orbit estimate.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The administration decision to grant the world's most populous country a temporary exemption faced bipartisan blowback.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Pritzker isn’t the only potential presidential hopeful suffering from endorsement blowback.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The meetings come as the Republican administration seeks to leverage military assets to restore dominance in the hemisphere while now also fighting a war in Iran.—
JOSHUA GOODMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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These are people who fought alongside American troops during our last forever war.—
Shawn Vandiver,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There's also the hair loss that's the side effect of medical treatment like chemotherapy.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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The side effect of that is a lack of details in their game, which this trip exemplified more than at any other point this season.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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And the prosecutors argued that Lauer’s decision to wait eight years after the initial FBI raid to enter a guilty plea should result in a longer sentence.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Those results ran afoul of the Club World Cup’s multi-ownership rule, Alajuelense argued.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This lumber industry by-product is available in a range of sizes.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Mar. 2026
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Penny and Ghazarian hired their own industrial hygienist, who concluded the property needed to be decontaminated of heavy metals and other combustion by-products.—
Tony Saavedra,
Daily News,
5 Mar. 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 13 Mar. 2026.
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