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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
Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Thomas, who turns 28 in June, was a starter in 2022 and 2023, then fell out of the rotation and played just 240 defensive snaps over the last two seasons.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
Amid the fallout from the allegations, members of the public quickly called on officials to rename locations that carry his moniker.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
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Verb
His glass eye never stayed in its place, falling out at the most inopportune moments.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Thomas, who turns 28 in June, was a starter in 2022 and 2023, then fell out of the rotation and played just 240 defensive snaps over the last two seasons.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
Taylor Frankie Paul‘s Secret Lives of Mormon Wives co-stars are speaking out amid the fallout from a domestic abuse investigation that put the Hulu series on pause.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
Amid the fallout from the allegations, members of the public quickly called on officials to rename locations that carry his moniker.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 19 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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Princess Diana’s death proved all of Carolyn’s fears.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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Democrats contend that the legislation will disenfranchise many of their voters because of its strict requirements for proving one’s identity and citizenship.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Newsom has faced blowback for some of his comments on the book tour thus far, however.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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Independent internet reporters, including Parnas, have also garnered blowback at times over their sourcing.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But is everyone really fighting in this scenario?—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Michael Loria The war with Iran has sparked fighting throughout the Middle East, including in Lebanon where Israel and Iran ally Hezbollah have been fighting intermittently for generations.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This is just one new side effect from a push by company executives to make workers use AI more.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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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
Verb
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But their defense lawyers argue the Colombian team was only providing support to arrest Moïse, and that presidential security guards and national police officers had killed him before the Colombians showed up at his home.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Justice Department argued that the Department of Homeland Security has sole power over the program, which was designed to be temporary.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Due to the underwater belt’s sheer size, the monumental construction revealed a community dependent on whaling, as by-products became commodities to be exchanged and traded between these local groups.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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Eric Kezirian, an otolaryngologist and sleep-medicine doctor at UCLA, told me that snoring is probably a by-product of several other adaptations that were useful.—
Gilad Edelman,
The Atlantic,
15 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 23 Mar. 2026.
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