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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
Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Other groups joined in the push, which over the course of a week saw four major cities fall out of government control.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2024
From the effect of President Biden’s debate to the fallout from Trump’s criminal conviction, here’s a look at the very worst in prognostications this year.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Research suggests flu viruses in high humidity can cling to water molecules and then fall out of the air.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Other groups joined in the push, which over the course of a week saw four major cities fall out of government control.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
Indiana's Medicaid director, who led the office through the fallout of an unanticipated nearly $1 billion budget shortfall, will resign in early 2025.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2024
From the effect of President Biden’s debate to the fallout from Trump’s criminal conviction, here’s a look at the very worst in prognostications this year.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
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The sellers are Lydia (Lisa Kudrow) and Paul (Ray Romano), bickering empty nesters saddled with financial woes and a dark secret.Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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From clicking pens to tapping on the side of the table with their feet to bickering with each other, being a dad is one long challenging lesson in patience.Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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What to watch: The big test for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) next year will be to prove that this Congress' lack of legislative productivity was the result of split partisan control and not GOP infighting.Andrew Solender, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
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This year marks its eighth cumulative week at the top, proving that Carey’s holiday magic never fades.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 30 Dec. 2024
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The agreement is risky for the NFL given the chance for blowback from passionate football fans who don’t have access to Netflix.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
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The good news is that there will be no blowback from the recent vote on Associated Party Transactions, with Farhad Moshiri agreeing to turn his sizeable shareholder loans, totalling around £450million, into equity.Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Yet the film won’t fight its way out of the red for Paramount, which spent more than $250 million to return to the arena.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Dec. 2024
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But this close brush with death symbolized both Trump's amazing comeback from the debacle of the 2020 election and its aftermath and the fighting spirit that led to an Electoral College and popular vote victory in November 2024.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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This can increase the risk of side effects such as constipation, dizziness, dry mouth, and sleepiness.16 5.Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 30 Dec. 2024
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Here's what to expect—including benefits, potential side effects, and what to do in social situations.Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
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Labor advocates argue that the level of control Amazon exerts over these workers' conditions more closely resembles an employer-employee relationship.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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One label executive argued that Fanning and Parker belonged in jail, but there was no uniform response.Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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The two most recent were the rejection of Lewis Strauss as secretary of commerce, in part a by-product of Strauss’ rivalry with J. Robert Oppenheimer, and of President George H.W. Bush’s nomination of former Senator John Tower as secretary of defense, ostensibly because of problems with alcohol.George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
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The hope was that by strengthening brand awareness and affinity, business growth becomes a happy by-product.Beth Ann Kaminkow, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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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 5 Jan. 2025.
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