falling-out
Americannoun
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fallings-out,
plural
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falling-outs
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of falling-out
1560–70; nominalization of verb phrase fall out; see -ing 1
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The two had a falling-out and, according to the “The A-Team” actor, he told documentary director Scott Weintrob not to include Young, claiming that he wanted “nothing to do with him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
His position came under the spotlight after a falling-out with Nuno Espirito Santo, who was sacked last September, the first of four managers at Forest last season.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
Rumors also surfaced that Morrow had chosen to leave because he’d had a huge falling-out with Halliday.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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
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
This season, subtitled “Capote vs. the Swans,” focuses on the fallings-out that the writer Truman Capote had with New York City socialites, including Ann Woodward, Babe Paley and C.Z.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 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
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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