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fallout

[fawl-out] / ˈfɔlˌaʊt /


NOUN
radioactivity
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What follows — the drained reserves, the mismatched oil, the strained grid and the price we all pay — is the fallout.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Future lab tests could identify the parasite’s presence on other samples of Taylor Farms-supplied lettuce, but the finding gives a boost to a company navigating the fallout from the outbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

They are heading for the remote village of Chichiriviche de la Costa, which escaped the twin disasters on June 24 relatively unscathed but has seen its resources cut off in the fallout.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

It will serve as a fallout shelter against deadly storms and also house the city's police department and the fire department that came to Benham's aid.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Back home, a national debate was raging over H-bomb testing, provoked by the fallout fiasco of the Bravo tests.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

While Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho were forced to leave United after fallouts with the Dutch manager, Rashford has been reintegrated - and showed why he has the trust of Ten Hag.

From BBC Feb. 1, 2024

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

"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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