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falling-out

[faw-ling-out] / ˈfɔ lɪŋˈaʊt /


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Along the way, the two had a falling-out, and Altman created a for-profit subsidiary.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

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

He seamlessly managed the transition to a new reign and graciously navigated the falling-out between his two sons, maintaining traditions of the monarchy as he modernized it.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

Earlier this campaign, failure to get there was looking a distinct possibility after a string of poor results, a falling-out with talisman Mohamed Salah and an injury to record signing Alexander Isak.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2026

He’d had a falling-out with Kubat in August of 1993 over a moral issue, according to Bobby, and they weren’t on speaking terms.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

However, Morrow’s uncompromising and confrontational style led to numerous falling-outs with other homelessness leaders and his hardball tactics of staging protest encampments rankled politicians.

From Seattle Times Apr. 29, 2022

The story seems almost unbelievable at first, but according to the piece, Lurie's personal life was riddled with falling-outs.

From Salon Jan. 23, 2021

There have been no public falling-outs on that scale in the intervening three years; a reflection of the personalities that have come into the club as much as the manager’s disciplinary code.

From The Guardian Jun. 26, 2020

He’s had public falling-outs with friends and business partners.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2015

Well, Jannuzzo—and other former Glock retainers who’ve had falling-outs with Gaston Glock—are beginning to mobilize.

From BusinessWeek Apr. 8, 2014

Most of Tuchel's fallings-out at clubs, sometimes leading to his departure, have come with the people above him - often dealing specifically with transfers and budgets.

From BBC Oct. 16, 2024

China’s political and legal systems remain highly opaque, fueling lively discussion of possible corruption, personal foibles or fallings-out with other powerful figures leading to the downfall of top officials.

From Seattle Times Oct. 24, 2023

But if fallings-out with ardently consensual women were mainly Roth’s doings, earning him the misogynist label, how to explain his ruptures with longstanding friends who were men?

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2021

In 2014, Bannon began hosting a radio show that often featured Patrick Caddell, who effectively had been banished by Democratic Party leaders after years of tempestuous campaigns and fallings-out.

From The New Yorker Mar. 17, 2017

During the years that followed there were many fallings-out and reconciliations between father and son.

From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Louis Zangwill




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