How to Use fallout in a Sentence

fallout

1 of 2 noun
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  • The burn of the fallout is still felt by sriracha fans worldwide.
    — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
  • In the days since the debate, the Biden White House and campaign have worked to contain the fallout.
    — Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
  • This was back when the fallout from the 2008 crisis was still in full effect.
    — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The fallout from Drake’s feud with Kendrick Lamar hasn’t put a damper on his summer.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 July 2024
  • Russia’s struggle to stem the weapons flow is also part of the fallout from its flawed war plan.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The fallout in Missouri from the decision may be swift.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024
  • How are people doing there amidst the fallout from this storm?
    — CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The fallout helped enable the GOP to capture unified control of Congress for the first time in 40 years.
    — TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The move no doubt sends ripples through the rest of the draft order, though the actual fallout won't be known for some time.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Of course, that lovely moment only resolves the U.K. side of the leak's fallout.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The show kicks off with Alex leaving Dave at the altar, and the group navigating the fallout.
    — Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • But the political fallout from the end of Roe has been cataclysmic for the GOP.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The Swedish YouTuber distanced himself from the meme and dealt with the fallout days after the attack.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 15 July 2024
  • But on the whole, the financial fallout is far less severe, the research finds.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 7 May 2024
  • The wildcard in all this is the fallout from Warren’s handling of the biggest of those issues.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
  • But one person has lost their job amid the fallout – Jorge Vilda, head coach of the women's team, was fired on Sept. 5.
    — Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Scholz, of course, suffers from the fallout of the war in Ukraine, which has strained his coalition and driven up prices in Germany.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Sonn flew to San Francisco, to help handle the fallout.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • For all of Florida, CSU gives the state a 96% chance of seeing fallout from some type of storm this season.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
  • Its author, Amerie, has to grapple with the messy fallouts as a total outcast.
    — William Earl, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Sidhu resigned and the council is still sorting through the fallout.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Revenue from Yeezy was roughly in line with the same period last year, prior to the fallout.
    — Tim Loh, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The season seems to revolve around the rivalry between you and Teresa and the fallout with you and Joe and Teresa.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • One of them was a way to efficiently detect fallout from such a hack.
    — Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 13 June 2024
  • In the inaugural episode, the Call Me by Your Name actor reflected on the fallout of the scandal.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Several issues are raised by the contacts between the state and the board and the subsequent fallout.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023
  • At the same time, the series tracks the devastating personal fallout within the hero’s home.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 19 June 2023
  • Felipe Garcia, 30, said he's been dealing with the fallout from identity theft for the last five years.
    — NBC news, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But as conflicts unfold overseas, the fallout in the U.S. is growing more pronounced.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But this novel about the fallout from a patriarch's kidnapping is also a delicious slow burn, just like the iconic boardwalk treat.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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fall out

2 of 2 verb
  • I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise.
  • Since his head was cut off, the sun or moon just falls out the hole where his neck used to be.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 8 Apr. 2024
  • But Drew, who fans saw have a fall out with the track star on the 14th season, didn't seem phased.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Did pallets of bricks during the summer of 2020 fall out of the sky?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
  • Keep in Mind Tools might fall out of their slot if the case is not stored with the logo side up.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The little owl falls out of its nest and can't find their mommy.
    — Esther Carlstone, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Not all the 2000s names on this list have fallen out of favor, though.
    — Anna Moeslein, Parents, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The penguins stood about in crowds near the surf, backs to the wind, waiting for their feathers to fall out.
    — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
  • Humphries tossed Kim into the ocean and her earring fell out.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Its guts fall out with a splat on the floor, its tongue lolling out of its head, dead eyes staring.
    — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Cons Some of the feathers on top of the plushy fell out during our testing process.
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Served warm but not over-steamed, the chunks of meat practically fell out of the shell.
    — Kendyl Kearly, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
  • The Jets have lost three of four games to fall out of playoff position.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The officer then opened the door and the driver fell out of the truck onto the ground, one of his legs engulfed in flames.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
  • The hand pockets are deep enough that small items won’t fall out, and the zip pocket on the leg is the perfect size for your phone.
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The duo has a falling out before the Super Bowl and Lisa does not tell Homer the winning team.
    — Kimberly Aguirre, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
  • Then one night in 2022, the windows in the third-floor preschool fell out of their frames and into the parking lot below.
    — Diana West, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Since 2016, it’s remained low, and now the bottom has fallen out.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 30 July 2023
  • About 1,300 years ago, the site finally fell out of use, and its contents were left alone.
    — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Ife was fine, but Lij’s hair was also falling out in clumps.
    — Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • And then, seven months later or so, a woman named Mary Louise Day just falls out of the sky.
    — Maureen Maher, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • One of Leitch's favorites is a fall out of a glass building in the 1980s classic Sharky's Machine.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 May 2024
  • Make the stitch length tight to prevent pellets from falling out.
    — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Video surveillance showed the two men fell out of a Tesla that was parked where the victim was found.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Johnson and Safdie first connected on the project in 2019 but fell out of touch and put the film on hold due to the pandemic.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 May 2024
  • Johnson and Safdie first connected on the project in 2019, but fell out of touch and put the film on hold due to the pandemic.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But can a solar storm actually cause planes to fall out of the sky?
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The brothers have a major falling out—enough to last a whole season.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Now that stocks and bonds are on the up, those options contracts have fallen out of favor.
    — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Speak Now and Red are closest to that mark, but those full-lengths have largely fallen out of favor.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024

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