falling-out
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She said she had reported him to authorities and cast the episode as a personal triumph after their falling-out.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
They later had a public falling-out in 1989 during Feinstein’s failed campaign for governor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Along the way, the two had a falling-out, and Altman created a for-profit subsidiary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
But after being expelled from the party, following a falling-out with then President Jacob Zuma, he went on to form the EFF.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
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
The Madrid club's steadfast refusal to sanction the 26-year-old's dream move to the Spotify Camp Nou has led to one of the most rancorous public falling-outs in recent memory.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
The band did keep on going, from early days that featured constant line-up changes and record label fallings-out to a 90s packed full of hits.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
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
He was a maestro of fallings-out: with Lelchuk, Atlas and of course Miller.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2021
Tony and Carol have worked together for more than twenty years and have had as many disagreements and fallings-out as lovers, which they technically are not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
It appeared only too evident that the two old friends were again on the verge of one of their distressing fallings-out: but Jane Hubbard intervened once more.
From Three Men and a Maid by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
