falling-out

Example Sentences

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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

There are reports that there was a falling-out between them.

From Slate

Although Docter staunchly supported union bargaining rights, he had a falling-out with the teachers union that undermined his doomed reelection campaign.

From Los Angeles Times

Do at one point worked for Nguyen as her chief of staff after she was elected to the board in 2007, but the two had a public falling-out when Do campaigned to take the county seat in 2016.

From Los Angeles Times

He resigned four years later, after a public falling-out with the director of the National Institutes of Health.

From Los Angeles Times