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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 fall out
Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the deeper story here is not about two leaders falling out.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
While this progress is real, Ruiz Massieu stressed that Haitians continue to live with the daily reality of insecurity and its tragic fallout.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Just don’t fall out of the conversation.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the deeper story here is not about two leaders falling out.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
The war and its economic fallout comes at a time when Americans were already navigating high costs of living from a post-pandemic inflation spike and years of prices climbing much faster than has been typical.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
While this progress is real, Ruiz Massieu stressed that Haitians continue to live with the daily reality of insecurity and its tragic fallout.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall out
Verb
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Rollins and Breakker bickered over who was responsible for Breakker’s success.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The two get to bickering about her terrible track record, with Dennis hilariously failing to realize that this accusation includes him among the questionable men.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Salt Lake County district attorney’s office and the Draper City prosecutor both declined to file charges against Paul in April, citing insufficient evidence to prove allegations beyond a reasonable doubt.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Maybe the bright lights of a win-or-go-home playoff game proved too big of a moment for a young, inexperienced Hawks team.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The Iranians know that the upcoming midterm elections limit Trump’s ability to withstand the political blowback from the war.—
Nick Akerman,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Fortune Tech layoffs have topped 90,000 this year, but companies like Microsoft are using voluntary buyouts to cut costs with less disruption and reputational blowback.—
Ruth Umoh,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Viel also finished the game by fighting Podkolzin.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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Does the fact that none of this was effective—at least in the sense that Trump hasn’t been driven from the political scene for good—suggest that Democrats should now fight dirtier?—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Another side effect can be dry, irritated eyes because of dehydration.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sasse is on daraxonrasib, and experiencing a visible side effect.—
Eva Flowe
April 21,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Trump has argued that last weekend’s shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner demonstrates why the ballroom is needed to hold safe, secure events for the president and other officials.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Some have argued that social media activity amounts to citizen journalism, but mostly citizen journalism appeared to have been displaced or subsumed by social media.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This action is tied to national security concerns about supply chain risks, not a product-by-product security test of individual routers.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Any social good that emerged was a mere by-product of the economic dynamism these relations were supposed to unleash.—
Hettie O'Brien,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Callie and Arizona: Another couple spatting over kids.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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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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“Fall out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fall%20out. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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