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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
Maya Bell, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The fallout from the tariffs has also been delayed because many importers stockpiled products before the taxes took effect.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 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
Recently, the program received something of a boost from American Rescue Plan Act funds, designed to address the fallout from the pandemic.
—Maya Bell, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The fallout from the tariffs has also been delayed because many importers stockpiled products before the taxes took effect.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 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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Chrissie Davis Chrissie Davis is rewriting what leadership in construction looks like and proving that principled leadership can succeed and scale.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Though this would have proven remarkably prescient—in 2007, Led Zeppelin would reunite with Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer, John Bonham—Marty’s epilogue just didn’t feel right.—
Rob Reiner,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After a whole lot of blowback about the return of Rush mode in the Battlefield 6 beta, DICE has read the room and decided to roll out a number of changes to the mode.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The largest private health insurer has become the face of public blowback in this country against the rising costs of health care.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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To move the 250 million gallons of refined fuel the Navy needs to fight, the fleet will require at least 23 tankers.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Two engines and one hand crew are all continuing to fight the fire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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What is clear is that these medications take a long time to work, sometimes up to several weeks, and even then, the patient may need regular dosage adjustments to minimize side effects.—
Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
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Constipation Another side effect that is seen with calcium supplements is constipation.2 Constipation is when someone has fewer than three bowel movements per week.—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
26 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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While the two argued over the definition of a restaurant, Kennedy said a letter from the Sacramento Environmental Health Division classified Mei Wah as a bar.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Spacial designer Caroline Chao will present the Roll-Up Chair, a work that was originally commissioned by G-Star and is made entirely by-products from construction and fashion industries.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
28 Aug. 2025
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The extra-fingers phenomenon seen in diffusion models was similarly a direct by-product of the model’s hyperfixation on generating local patches of pixels without any kind of broader context.—
Webb Wright,
Wired News,
24 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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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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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“Fallout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallout. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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