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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
Joe Guillen, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Or its premium could disappear earlier if Trump and Musk were to have a falling out, say.
—Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The documentary examines what happened leading up to the tragic shooting and follows the fallout in real time.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Share of pending home sales that fell out of contract
Monthly; January 2017 to January 2025
A line chart showing the share of pending home sales that fell through from January 2017 to January 2025 in the Detroit metro area.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Or its premium could disappear earlier if Trump and Musk were to have a falling out, say.
—Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
Support for his tariff barrage is tepid at best, with many industry groups urging exemptions and economists warning of cascading fallout across the economy.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The documentary examines what happened leading up to the tragic shooting and follows the fallout in real time.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall out
Verb
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Sorrell also said bickering by leadership is affecting the community.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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Pratt, whose character plays like a cross between Han Solo and Jack Burton, is gifted with a moment or two, bickering with Herman like a married couple and yeeting cars at Sentre headquarters.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Jarred Kelenic, picked up in trade from the Seattle Mariners in the 2023-2024 offseason, has proven to be a liability as well, starting the season with an anemic slash line of .146./.239/.244.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Naysayers insisted that increasing content costs would match the company’s rapid topline and subscriber growth, and profits would prove illusory.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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America’s whiskey industry has become a favorite target of such retaliation, and the blowback is going to be especially painful for distillers and the companies that supply them, from farmers to barrel makers.—
Jon Cherry,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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And overseas, a permissive attitude toward civilian harm will degrade U.S. influence with allies and partners and could invite significant blowback that damages U.S. national security.—
Risa Brooks,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Twins, fighting declining attendance and trying to sell a new direct-to-consumer streaming product, were perhaps the team most in need of a strong start.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The disgraced music mogul has fought to be released from jail pending trial three times, with his most recent attempt denied on Nov. 27.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Antidepressants in general may cause side effects including an upset gastrointestinal tract, decreased libido, weight gain, headaches, insomnia, tremor or temperature changes, according to Joseph.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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As the cancer progresses or as a side effect of cancer treatments, other symptoms may occur that have an impact on their quality of life.—
Julie Scott, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP,
Verywell Health,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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At the start of proceedings, prosecutors presented their case by arguing Yoon lacked the legal grounds to declare martial law and accused him of trying to paralyse state institutions such as parliament.—
Joyce Lee,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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And some would argue that the lawsuits from NYT and others against OpenAI or other model companies represent a case of this.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But a will to shock has never ranked high among Cronenberg’s priorities; the audience’s horror has always felt less like a goal than like a by-product of a rigorously analytical process, in which sensations are subjugated to ideas.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2025
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Recycling Whey Into Unique Spirits Liquid whey, a by-product of cheesemaking, is a burden for most cheesemakers, with billions of pounds produced in the U.S. each year - a 9:1 ratio with the amount of cheese made.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2016
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The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
15 May 2024
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“Fall out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fall%20out. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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