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fallout

[fawl-out] / ˈfɔlˌaʊt /


NOUN
radioactivity
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This retrospective tracks the early years of the highly scrutinized pair’s relationship, the fallout from their royal exit, their media ventures and more.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

While the verdict caps the fallout from Evergrande's collapse, challenges posed by a stubborn slump in the once-booming property sector still loom large for China and its leaders.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Strategists Jay Barry and Jason Hunter predict fallout from the Treasury’s move.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

The fallout from the war in Iran cranked up the heat on households last month as energy bills rose - how uncomfortable could inflation get from here?

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

The pollution entering our waterways comes from many sources: radioactive wastes from reactors, laboratories, and hospitals; fallout from nuclear explosions; domestic wastes from cities and towns; chemical wastes from factories.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Rising prices and a volatile currency have been among the major domestic economic fallouts of Moscow's four-year offensive on Ukraine, which has seen it hit with unprecedented packages of Western sanctions.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

There was a perceived superiority of the British Home Championship, fallouts over player payments, and a reluctance to play other European teams following the First World War.

From BBC May 7, 2026

The trail of damage from Patterson’s pet project includes money fights, family estrangement and bitter fallouts as friends turned on each other amid efforts to debunk or defend the footage over the years.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

Singapore has been hit by a series of political fallouts of late. last week, transport minister S Iswaran and hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng were arrested in a rare high-level graft probe.

From Reuters Jul. 17, 2023

Extended flashbacks fill in the various personal fallouts and professional disappointments that transpired during the 7,000 years in between.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2021




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