bicker
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These days, pastel and fluorescent birds groom, preen and bicker in enclosures behind the home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
But they can still take steps to reduce tension when older couples bicker about money.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
"While Americans bicker, our rivals are studying David's every move," billionaire Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff chimed in.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Levin objected, and their tiff is growing increasingly heated as they bicker online.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2025
Swallows swoop past the houses, and two doves bicker on a high gutter.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
We’re sure they have the same bickers and feuds we all have, too, and that’s comforting.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2024
The two are practically surrogate siblings; unlike Jade, with whom Riley bickers constantly, Mia is the cool big sister he wishes he had.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
A couple forms, bickers, ends — and may or may not be reborn on different terms.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
The Palace of Westminster sits in a state of dangerous decay, with chunks of masonry tumbling off its walls, as Parliament bickers over a renovation that could take decades and cost more than $20 billion.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
Grass cools the earth, but it also bickers with me over water.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
The Emiratis looked on as the Washington crowd bickered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
As her male opponents bickered back and forth, taking swipes at each other, Porter said that given all the “shouting” and “disrespect” onstage, she was shocked that “anyone wants to talk about my temperament.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
That same month, Trump made an unusual visit to the construction site during which the two men, clad in hard hats, bickered over the price tag for the makeover.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
My grandmother and her sister bickered over everything their whole lives, so I think their mother knew better than to leave it to them to decide things.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025
By noon, I had worked myself into such a grim mood that I snapped at Sim during lunch and we bickered like an old married couple.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
It was far from certain the country would respond as it did after 9/11, for there was plenty of the usual political bickering going on in the nation’s capital at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
So it becomes one more point of bickering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
One way a court can handle rumors of interpersonal bickering is to stop behaving badly in public sessions.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
"There were clearly arguments, bickering, clearly issues about long hours at work."
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Randall was soon forced to intervene to formally separate them, like bickering children.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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