falling-out

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New Zealand has a formal military alliance with Australia, but had a falling-out with the U.S. when New Zealand took a stance against nuclear weapons in its territory in the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 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

There was his denim-covered binder stuffed with falling-out papers, a paperback, and the cheese sandwich he hadn’t eaten at lunch, soaking through its paper and smelling like pickles.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead