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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
Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
The Chiefs have since downplayed any lingering fallout from the tense TV moment.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Some other symptoms included her hair falling out, extreme nausea and vomiting and respiratory distress.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2025
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Verb
But a clinician must deliver the news, answer questions, and navigate the emotional fallout.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
The Chiefs have since downplayed any lingering fallout from the tense TV moment.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
The death rate in the United States returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024 as Covid-19 fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death, according to a report published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Some other symptoms included her hair falling out, extreme nausea and vomiting and respiratory distress.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallout
Verb
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Jennifer Aniston’s Alex Levy, Reese Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson, and the other members of The Morning Show’s newsroom and its network are once again bickering and backstabbing.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Coaches are also bickering about money, a topic that would have felt out of place 10 years ago.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Hawaiian Airlines, meanwhile, proved why it's historically dominated the on-time performance category.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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In the end, the Viking landers found no creatures, and biological experiments proved inconclusive.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But the blowback wasn’t just customers nostalgic for the old Cracker Barrel.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Many are signaling a willingness to dig in during this round of funding negotiations after many, including Schumer, got blowback from the Democratic base for delivering the votes to offset a March shutdown without securing any substantial GOP concessions.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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How do Flock cameras help fight crime?—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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These medications can lower the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that helps fight bacterial infections.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Early reports flagged a type of heart swelling called myocarditis as a rare side effect of the mRNA vaccine, particularly for young men ages 18 to 25 after a booster dose.—
Deborah Fuller,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Difficulty Sleeping Insomnia is a more common Abilify side effect, especially in adults.—
Rosanna Sutherby,
Verywell Health,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Penske’s complaint argues that practice isn’t a fair exchange and has caused significant financial harm, with the company’s affiliate revenue falling by more than a third (as a result of Google’s AI Overviews co-opting traffic that might have otherwise gone to Penske outlets).—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Critics and rights groups argued that both the ban and the bill function as tools for censorship, threatening freedom of expression, press freedom and fundamental rights.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Humanitarian organizations estimate over 13 million people have been displaced by the fighting between the government’s military forces and the rebel RSF fighters, with famine and disease a by-product of the struggle for power.—
Rory Fleming,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, soot, spatter, and other by-products are continuously extracted through a dedicated outlet, ensuring a cleaner build environment and higher part integrity.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 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 17 Sep. 2025.
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