Thesaurus results for FALLING-OUTS

fallings-out

noun

variants or falling-outs

plural of falling-out

as in altercations

an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions the two friends have been lonely and miserable since they had a falling-out

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Noun

Tchouameni and Valverde were involved in two separate altercations, a day apart, in May, with the latter taken to hospital to undergo assessments after sustaining a head injury during the second incident.

— Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
After marching from Crocker Park in downtown Sacramento, the protest groups engaged in verbal and physical altercations across a barricade formed by law enforcement officers.

— Hannah Ruhoff, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of altercations

Noun

On the new series, some House of Stassi castmembers raised their quarrels with Maloney joining their cast.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026
Candi is the family mediator Like any father-daughter coaching dynamic, Corey and Coco have had their fair share of quarrels on the tennis court.

— Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

Definition of quarrels

Noun

For example, in Ozaukee County disagreements near Lion’s Den Gorge Nature Preserve have prompted discussion of permanent signs and a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources determination establishing the ordinary high-water mark.

— Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Between small celebrations, hospital visits and disagreements about how to care for her, a mysterious presence of bulls begins to surround the house.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of disagreements

Noun

Gilbertson’s involvement in the ports grew out of a series of chaotic mergers that in the 1990s led to endless disputes among shippers and the railroads about whose cargo would move first.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Trump declined to endorse Thune for a future term as leader amid disputes over passing the SAVE America Act and eliminating the filibuster.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of disputes

Noun

Some of his worst fights happened with Justin Burnell, a manager who eventually became a partner at Drastic Measures, according to multiple employees.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
The Ultimate Fighting Championship built up its early lore with tournaments in which all the fights happened on the same night.

— Oskar Garcia, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of fights

Noun

This, however, is the stuff of creative and useful future arguments.

— Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
Kanter could raise the same basic arguments in an arbitration, but it would be conducted in private, and awards by arbitrators are difficult to challenge in court because judges are obligated to give high deference to those awards.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Sep. 2026

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