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fallout

[fawl-out] / ˈfɔlˌaʊt /


NOUN
radioactivity
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Be sure to vote and then watch the fallout, metaphorically speaking — hopefully not literally.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

He has sometimes struggled to navigate the fallout.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2026

The fallout from the 2016 Actors’ Equity Assn. agreement, which imposed an hourly minimum wage for members who perform in Los Angeles County theater with fewer than 100 seats, is still being felt.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Factory output and exports have also been ticking up in recent months despite the fallout from the conflict.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Not only the target insect or plant, but anything — human or nonhuman — within range of the chemical fallout may know the sinister touch of the poison.

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

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

And South Africa, hosted a successful meeting with no public fallouts.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2023

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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