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fallout

[fawl-out] / ˈfɔlˌaʊt /


NOUN
radioactivity
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There is also confusion about how to handle any fallout if data is published next week, as threatened.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

As Ed Sheeran continues his Loop tour, read on to learn about what led to the controversy surrounding it and the ensuing fallout.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Household spending in Canada has remained resilient this year, despite headwinds from elevated gas prices and worries over the fallout from tense trade relations between Canada and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Cramer is all too familiar with the medbed fallout.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

They knew that his defection was real, and they worked around the clock to contain the fallout.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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

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

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




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