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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
Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Sectors like next-gen biofuels have fallen out of favor after trying to compete directly with diesel and gasoline.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
Jade Walker, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Guardians, Colorado Rockies, Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres
In the fallout from recent regional sports network upheaval, these five teams are now broadcast through Major League Baseball itself, and each has its own streaming platform — Twins.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Verb
When the barista handed Garcia the order, a drink fell out of the container and onto Garcia, Parker said.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Sectors like next-gen biofuels have fallen out of favor after trying to compete directly with diesel and gasoline.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
Signal chat fallout Top national security officials faced questions from outraged Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday about a group chat on the messaging app Signal that revealed plans for a military strike in Yemen to a journalist.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Guardians, Colorado Rockies, Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres
In the fallout from recent regional sports network upheaval, these five teams are now broadcast through Major League Baseball itself, and each has its own streaming platform — Twins.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall out
Verb
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Force an impatient couple to bicker in Route 23 traffic.—
Tyler Buchanan,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Somehow McKay keeps the movie spinning even after Dale and Brennan stop bickering and start sticking together: Adam Scott, as Brennan’s snobby, overachieving brother, makes a terrific common enemy.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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For the third time, the referee went to the monitor, and Cook’s claims were proven correct, as the ref overturned the call on replay.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2025
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Ellie Kemper is here to prove that it's never been easier to step out in style.—
Lizzie Hyman,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Trump announced plans over the weekend to personally buy a Tesla vehicle as a show of support for Musk’s companies amid political blowback over the billionaire’s role in the administration’s dramatic government overhaul.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
12 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article Orlando officials are no longer pursuing a homeless shelter at a former work-release facility in SoDo, Mayor Buddy Dyer told the Orlando Sentinel Monday, after enduring fierce blowback from a neighborhood east of the site.—
Michael Cuglietta,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
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Among the federal lawsuits fighting to continue the program, a hearing is scheduled Monday in federal court in northern California on a motion to speed up the sharing of evidence.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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Earlier in the day, President Trump rejected reports that advisor Elon Musk would be briefed on how the U.S. would fight a hypothetical war with China.—
Tara Copp,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Some say that smaller doses can reduce side effects—such as nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting—while maintaining their weight loss at a lower cost.—
Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
21 Mar. 2025
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Higher estrogen levels also correlate with more severe side effects, pointing to the role of hormonal cycles in drug response.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Current Social Science Research Approaches Are Limited For decades, Lahlou argues, the social sciences and their applications in fields as diverse as marketing and industrial psychology have focused primarily on individual psychology and interpersonal dynamics.—
Benjamin Voyer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Some Democrats, including potential 2028 presidential contenders Rahm Emanuel and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, argue that the party needs to moderate or focus less on such issues.—
Alex Thompson,
Axios,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As far as anyone knows, O’Connell had nothing to do with the assassination; the inclusion of his story was probably just a by-product of an overly broad records request.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2025
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One reason could be that fermentation microorganisms, for instance, produce their own by-products, like short-chain fatty acids.—
Michael Allen,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Mar. 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 3 Apr. 2025.
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