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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
Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
With a little more than three weeks to go, chances are dimming to revive the health care package that fell out of the year-end funding deal and add it to the next spending package.
—Peter Sullivan, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
The piece chronicles how Munro left Andrea to deal independently, as a young girl and as an adult, with the psychological fallout.
—The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2025
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Verb
But the line of research had fallen out of favor, largely because no one had good tools for studying them in the brain.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
With a little more than three weeks to go, chances are dimming to revive the health care package that fell out of the year-end funding deal and add it to the next spending package.
—Peter Sullivan, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
The abrupt slashing of city contracts — in some cases, money that had already been promised — to the local nonprofit sector is part of the fallout from a $130 million budget deficit that also resulted in layoffs of nearly 100 city workers.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
The piece chronicles how Munro left Andrea to deal independently, as a young girl and as an adult, with the psychological fallout.
—The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall out
Verb
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Without politics to bicker over or political visions to debate, the candidates mostly pitched themselves and their personal connections to the community.—
Jesse Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Meeting in Munich This combination of carping about America, bickering with each other, and grandstanding for the cameras has typified European responses to the Russian invasion of Feb. 24, 2022, and the three years of war that followed.—
Dominic Green,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The success of The Onion Field proved to be a turning point for Wambaugh.—
Chris Koseluk,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Did my experience prove to be as simple as power on, connect, tap the app, choose a target and wait?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But the blowback to Target’s DEI moves represents a significant challenge to its business and highlights the risks of companies abruptly moving away from diversity initiatives that still enjoy support on the left.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
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The blowback from the dismissal was fierce and immediate, stretching from SDNY to City Hall.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Formulated with zinc pyrithione (this is what actively fights flaky skin), squalane (boosts shine), and sugar kelp extract (prevents inflammation and bacteria growth), this is a total powerhouse haircare product.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
26 Feb. 2025
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Russia has skirted around Pokrovsk, a city key to Ukrainian defenses in the east, rather than fighting inside the settlement.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Just know that, like most antibiotics, azithromycin can mess with your GI tract, potentially triggering side effects like diarrhea or nausea.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
13 Feb. 2025
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However, there have been reports of people experiencing mild side effects, such as nausea, bloating, indigestion, and gas.23 People with fish allergies may experience allergic reactions to marine collagen, so carefully reading the supplement label is crucial to avoid consuming potential allergens.—
Devineé Lingo, M.S.,
Health,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The fact that he was denied once needs to be noted in any future application for practice in the Southern District, the motion argues, claiming that Buzbee only reapplied to practice in the district at the buzzer in this case, and has failed to do so for his other civil proceedings.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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In an interview with Sky Sport before Liverpool’s convincing win over Manchester City earlier this month, Salah—while respecting opposing marksman Erling Haaland’s talents—argued the number nine’s job is more straightforward than hitting the same heights from the wing (German).—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The team identified four main sources of these smells: the original materials used during the mummification process; plant oils used later for conservation of the artifact; synthetic pesticides used to prevent damage; and by-products of microbes breaking down the material and tissue.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
13 Feb. 2025
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Mercury is a common by-product of gold mining, a growing industry in several southern countries.—
Gayoung Lee,
Scientific American,
12 Feb. 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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