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fallout

[fawl-out] / ˈfɔlˌaʊt /


NOUN
radioactivity
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Since “Queer Roast’s” start at the Pack, shows have ventured to the Elysian Theater, Fallout Theater in Austin, Texas, and are slowly making a home at Beaches Tropicana.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Fallout from that arrangement could help foster a stronger relationship between AMD and OpenAI, Luria said.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Fallout: Mercor, whose clients have included OpenAI and Meta, has been hit with at least seven class-action lawsuits in recent weeks following a third-party data breach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

In recent years, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the journalist Annie Jacobsen’s bestselling Nuclear War: A Scenario, and the video game–turned–TV show Fallout have tackled hypothetical armageddon.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

“There is no escaping the fact that nuclear conflict would leave a tragic world,” declared the opening pages of Fallout Protection, a U.S. government booklet published by the millions in late 1961.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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