falling-out

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The legal feud marks a dramatic falling-out between Anderson and his longtime mentor Burkle, who was the best man at Anderson’s wedding.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

By 2004, he had a falling-out with the government led by the late socialist firebrand Hugo Chávez, whose oil czar, Sargeant said, tried shaking him down for a bribe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

When Epstein was arrested in July 2019, Trump said he had had a falling-out with Epstein and hadn’t talked to him in about 15 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

The Jones-Johnson falling-out came from the coach feeling the owner was getting too involved in football matters - and that is something Jones continues to be known for to this day.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

It made no mention of Lucy Stone, from whom Anthony had been estranged since their falling-out over Stone’s marriage, or the rivalry between Anthony’s National and Stone’s American Woman Suffrage Association.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling