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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 fallout
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
But economists warn the growing reliance on tech giants to prop up the economy is risky: if the AI boom loses steam, the economic fallout could be significant.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
And Audra talked about falling out getting to work with Phylicia for the first time, and Phylicia talked about working with Diahann Carroll.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The financial fallout from a breach caused by quantum decryption is hard to estimate.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
But economists warn the growing reliance on tech giants to prop up the economy is risky: if the AI boom loses steam, the economic fallout could be significant.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
When Numan took the stage at Wembley, the show was a blend of past and present successes for the pioneering artist who never ceased innovating, even when his endeavours fell out of touch with the public pulse.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
And Audra talked about falling out getting to work with Phylicia for the first time, and Phylicia talked about working with Diahann Carroll.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallout
Verb
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Sunny and Ulla have a tendency to bicker, and each can resort to brandishing cultural stereotypes as a cudgel when arguing with the other.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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That was the thing that gave us the ability to feel quite free in the scenes — not changing the words or changing the sense of the scene — but trust trying different things, having that bickering back and forth, finding that easygoing relationship between the two of them.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
Verb
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Modern marketers are under immense pressure to prove performance.—
Srikanth Ramachandran,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Developing confidence also proved crucial for Arias, thanks in part to his relationship with former coach Fernando Diniz.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Columbia has faced some blowback from critics who have expressed concern about the freedom of higher education institutions.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
28 July 2025
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The blowback was strong enough that in 2019, Trump scrapped the idea of hosting a G7 meeting at his Doral, Florida, resort.—
Jeremy Herb,
CNN Money,
27 July 2025
Verb
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This suburb wasn’t incorporated until 2006, although its namesake, John Milton, fought in the Revolutionary War.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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He was arrested in February 2015 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, and had been fighting extradition to the United States since then.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Like pretty much all vaccines and treatments, mRNA vaccines are not without side effects, but evidence shows that any adverse events are nearly always mild and short-lived.—
Simon Williams,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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Their reasons include: Significant side effects: Benadryl causes drowsiness, delayed reaction time, and confusion.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Though some have argued there are similarities in how Trump works as a statesman, in comparison to Reagan.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Some animal rights groups argued the decision sets a dangerous precedent, including Bear Defenders, a campaign to oppose the expansion of bear hunting in Florida.—
Gordon Ebanks,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But my arguments against being with Michaele, against the possibility of there being an us, were all the by-products of my being tumidly invested in a cause.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Companies will need to ensure that their water intake and salty brine by-product don’t harm marine life or significantly alter these processes.—
Vanessa Bates Ramirez,
Scientific American,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Preparation has cultural and regional variations, but the seed is usually chewed with slaked lime and betel leaves, and chewing releases a red juice that's often then spat out.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Aug. 2025
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The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2016
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“Fallout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallout. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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