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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
Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2025
Cut the bottom two inches off your winter coats so all the stuffing falls out.
—Julie Sharbutt, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
ABC News, 24 Jan. 2025
But the most significant fallout came from a violent police response that saw officers deploy tear gas, flash-bang grenades and foam and rubber projectiles to break up crowds, which have since been either heavily restricted or banned from being used solely for crowd control.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Two years passed, the alt-rock revolution was on the horizon, and slick pop hitmakers were falling out of fashion.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2025
Cut the bottom two inches off your winter coats so all the stuffing falls out.
—Julie Sharbutt, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
The political fallout for the administration will probably be minimal.
—ABC News, 24 Jan. 2025
But the most significant fallout came from a violent police response that saw officers deploy tear gas, flash-bang grenades and foam and rubber projectiles to break up crowds, which have since been either heavily restricted or banned from being used solely for crowd control.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall out
Verb
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Lovers bicker back and forth in angelic proclamations.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025
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The latest fracas between bickering foes India and Pakistan has finally ended after a resolution was resolved following months of warring almost jeopardized the upcoming Champions Trophy.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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But the three points gained from Sunday, which lifted United above City into the Champions League spots, may prove to have more of a lasting impact.—
Charlotte Harpur,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Surely one of them will eventually prove to be good.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Historically, the cartels have avoided targeting American citizens to prevent drawing blowback from the federal government.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Such actions have resulted in blowback for Lukashenko and Belarus.—
Tatsiana Kulakevich,
The Conversation,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Despite the order from Biden, 82, both Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and now-President Trump, 78, fought to have the flags raised for the inauguration, which fell within the 30-day mourning period.—
Lizzie Hyman,
People.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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After initially joining the Sky on a training camp contract, Carter fought her way into the starting lineup last season.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Potential side effects include temporary darkening or lightening of the skin and persistent redness.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
23 Jan. 2025
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One side effect for CMOs and CXOs to worry about is that customers who earn status the old-fashioned way, by actually traveling, may resent the practice of their preferred brand offering shortcuts to status.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Houston Fire Department was called and were on the way to the scene to assist the mother while the brothers argued again, this time each accusing the other of causing their mom to faint.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Jan. 2025
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Roe argued in his filing that he was allowed to legally have the gun, saying that the state of Kansas — where he was convicted — automatically restores a felon’s right to possess a firearm five years after conviction or release from imprisonment for that offense.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Slag, for example, is the rocky black substance that is discarded as a by-product from smelting or refining metal.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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Walker, in fact, explains that one of the by-products of alcohol metabolism is a class of chemicals, known as aldehydes, that are especially prone to impede REM sleep.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 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 1 Feb. 2025.
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