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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
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At the time of the invite, Congress was furiously bickering over a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill, as Democrats refused to allocate funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Pointing to elk heads mounted on the wall, the two jokingly bickered over who had bowhunted which.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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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
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Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice are the latest royals to suffer the blowback following their father's arrest last month.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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But the shutdown didn’t really create the pressure that caused these developments—if anything, public blowback following the killings of Pretti and others led to these developments and to the shutdown.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
3 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
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Another side effect is dependency, which may occur with prolonged use of allergy medication.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Novo Nordisk representatives did not provide the specific number of patients affected when asked, but USA TODAY’s analysis of FDA data shows a large spike in the company’s submissions of side effect reports in July 2025, just a few months after the inspection.—
Austin Fast,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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Steyer argued that California should restructure the market and expand alternative fuel sources, including importing refined fuel if necessary.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The case was originally set in Wise County but later moved to Tarrant County after defense attorneys argued for a change of venue, saying the defendant wouldn’t receive a fair trial in Wise County.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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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 12 Apr. 2026.
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