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

Domestic altercations can quickly spin out of control, making them among the most dangerous types of calls.

— Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of altercations

Noun

Unlike Christian priests and medicine men, who generally command respect, rainmakers are sometimes seen as malicious people who retaliate against whole communities for quarrels with their neighbors.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
On the new series, some House of Stassi castmembers raised their quarrels with Maloney joining their cast.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of quarrels

Noun

Working with Minhaj and Venkataramanujam, both first-time feature writers, meant frequent creative disagreements, Khan says, but never without purpose.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
The issue has been especially contentious in Northern Virginia, where disagreements over bathrooms, locker rooms, pronouns and parental notification have prompted clashes between state officials and local school boards.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of disagreements

Noun

These feats of inclusion are hard fought, and the Academy likes to award them (even when its membership likely includes people who made those fights hard in the first place).

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Many of the fights being waged here are still being waged today.

— Lucy Sante, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of fights

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The slew of events begins with a formal arrival ceremony later on Wednesday, just as a judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit brought by the three news outlets the president banned from the White House last week.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors and the defense rested their cases after closing arguments concluded on Thursday.

— Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of arguments

Noun

Independent Russian media regularly report about returning veterans involved in assaults, drunken brawls and even killings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
After the recent brawls, both teams released statements stressing the importance of a safe ballpark environment.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026

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