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as in bickered
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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as in proved
to come to be
I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise
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Recent Examples of fell out
The bottom fell out that fall, as the Horned Frogs started the season 3-5.
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Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Georgia replaced Nebraska, which fell out of the poll.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
Georgia replaced Nebraska, which fell out of the poll.
—Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
Minott fell out of head coach Joe Mazzulla’s rotation in late December, logging just three garbage-time minutes over six games before his injury.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
But nothing gold can stay, and sometime between my 10th and 20th birthdays, Uggs fell out of style.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 15 Jan. 2026
Monk, who fell out of coach Doug Christie’s rotation recently, went 9 of 15 from the field and 7 of 9 from 3-point range.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026
And the father and son eventually fell out.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Produced by Cate Le Bon and composed by the band inside studios owned by Jeff Tweedy and Gilla Band, Secret Love would be a return to form, but Dry Cleaning never fell out of shape in the first place.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Georgia replaced Nebraska, which fell out of the poll.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
Georgia replaced Nebraska, which fell out of the poll.
—Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
Minott fell out of head coach Joe Mazzulla’s rotation in late December, logging just three garbage-time minutes over six games before his injury.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
But nothing gold can stay, and sometime between my 10th and 20th birthdays, Uggs fell out of style.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 15 Jan. 2026
Monk, who fell out of coach Doug Christie’s rotation recently, went 9 of 15 from the field and 7 of 9 from 3-point range.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026
And the father and son eventually fell out.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Produced by Cate Le Bon and composed by the band inside studios owned by Jeff Tweedy and Gilla Band, Secret Love would be a return to form, but Dry Cleaning never fell out of shape in the first place.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fell out
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The actors jokingly bickered about their history with the ceremony, with Cheadle remarking that Clooney hadn’t won since 2026 winner Timothée Chalamet was 3 years old.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Jan. 2026
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On 33 occasions since 2017, Congress has been forced to pass emergency extensions to the flood insurance program, as lawmakers bickered over budgets and looming shutdowns threatened to disrupt it, according to a letter the National Association of Realtors sent to Congress ahead of the shutdown.—
Rukmini Callimachi,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Below are the 14 products that proved themselves again and again—all from Amazon.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre not only spawned a franchise (with nine feature films, to date) but proved massively influential on horror in the decades to come.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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Konyndyk argued that mortality data won’t reflect many adverse outcomes of the aid cuts, because humanitarians and aid recipients are frantically reallocating funds; for example, taking money away from education to put it towards food.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Clean-power investment from the Gulf — and particularly from Saudi Arabia and the UAE — into Africa is surging, but could have even greater impact were it targeted more towards power infrastructure, a new report argued.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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The company laid off 50,000 people in 1993, when chip technology evolved and the tech industry moved away from large mainframe computers.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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Native plants have evolved to thrive in your climate, meaning less maintenance on your part.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
31 Jan. 2026
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Then, amid the pandemic, my research on cultural destruction was suddenly everywhere as Azerbaijan launched a war in our ancestral homeland—fought in the shadow of erasures like Djulfa.—
Simon Maghakyan,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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As the fish fruitlessly fought the current, neurons that release norepinephrine fired; in response, calcium built up in astrocytes.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
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For the past seven months, SDC has quarreled with state officials and lawmakers over its community action agency title.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
26 Nov. 2025
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Rhoden's biggest political victory this year was getting the state Legislature to sign off on a $650 million plan in September to replace the 141-year-old state penitentiary, an issue the Legislature had quarreled over for years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Nov. 2025
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Protestors and federal agents clashed near the Edward Roybal Federal Court Building and the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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Take the recent afternoon in south Minneapolis, where dozens of protesters, some in gas masks, clashed with immigration agents in south Minneapolis.—
Tim Sullivan,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Fell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fell%20out. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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