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fallout

[fawl-out] / ˈfɔlˌaʊt /


NOUN
radioactivity
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The fund would be used to help neighbors mitigate the fallout from a disaster.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The fallout from open models has been limited because they aren’t yet smart enough to cause widespread damage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Kushner and Thrive Eternal have remained silent on the Fifa investment plan and the subsequent fallout.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Ahead of Thursday’s vote, hearing board member Cynthia Verdugo-Peralta expressed her sympathy to the families who were enduring the fallout from the fire.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

There was going to be a lot of fallout from the party at Horn Rock, and I wanted to avoid it all, so I laced up my shoes and went for a run.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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

Here's how to deal with festive fallouts and keep the peace this Christmas.

From BBC Dec. 17, 2025

Bejarano cited recent articles by Times critic Mark Swed and New Yorker critic Alex Ross that indicted boards for some newsworthy artistic fallouts.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2024

"COVID-19 fallouts are pushing low-paid workers into even harder situations with little, or no, increase in pay," said Hisashi Yamada, senior economist at Japan Research Institute.

From Reuters Oct. 22, 2021




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