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fallout

[fawl-aut] / ˈfɔlˌaʊt /


NOUN
radioactivity
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The fallout from the motion overshadowed the final days of Polanski's campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, in which he came second to Labour, and threatened his leadership.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

BASTIAN: I don’t know what the next year holds, but if we see today’s fuel prices on a sustained basis, you will see fallout of some variety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The country has been grappling with the fallout from an investment fund scandal which erupted in mid-September, prompting prosecutors to investigate allegations of widespread market manipulation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The psychological fallout among the network’s talking heads has been equally telling.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Jones sent up w'hat looked like a cloud, a radioactive one which gradually sent some fallout down onto the bar and the cooler filled with pickled meat.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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

Though there have been fallouts and issues between some members, this trial is the most notable instance of a complete dismantling of a relationship between members.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025

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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